Overcoming shoulder pain

Have fun with that, nerd! Just had an MRI for mine with an iodine injection in the shoulder to image it.
>tfw haven't benched since October
>had reached 230 lb
What kind of pain? Connected to bicep or closer to the front of your delt?

you might have weak back, especialy scapula fixator muscles.
These imbalances might lead to bad form and injuries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsmeXwHu6W0

I had this too OP. Jeff from Athlean-x (/fit/ generally thinks hes actually knows what hes doing) has this exercise to do to help shoulder pain.

I shit you not I did this a few times and my shoulders don't pop or hurt. No joke.

>>40704844
The pain is in my front delt
>>40704858
I do have a weak back, and have been doing pendlay rows and face pulls to remedy this. I don't think I have an imbalance though, because I've just started lifting again after a year of being sedentary, so my back and delts are equally weak.

>>40704825
Simple rule, if your shoulder hurts when doing a simple push up, don't life weights.
Go to the doc.

>>40704844
I had the same imaging done. My diagnosis? Osteoarthritis. I have no cartilage on one side and the doc says the pain is bone on bone irritation. He says stop lifting. I was at 235 for 10 reps. I can only incline bench without pain and I am back to 225 for 5 reps with some pain the next day. I should probably stop.

>>40704825
I've found I have way less shoulder pain touching higher instead of lower and using as wide a grip as possible. I have a theory for why this is, is that wider grip shortens the rom = less shoulder irritation, wider grip also forces more of the tension on chest rather that shoulder and touching higher uses more chest which subsequently uses less shoulder and thus less shoulder strain.

Alternately, a neutral grip with dbs totally mitigates all shoulder strain.

>>40705417
Oh :(

Always row or do a heavy pull before bench. Anyone claiming otherwise should be castrated.

>>40704860
I tried this just now. I still clicked a bit, but I noticed a bit of stretching in the rear delt.

I'm having the same problem as you, OP. I have noticeably poor shoulder movement/tight shoulders and my rear delts are lacking. Sounds like we need to do a few more rear delt exercises as well as stretching them a bit more.

I hope we figure this out soon. Best of luck.

>>40704860
>>40707402
Hell yea, my shoulder blades feel sore now. My shoulder only hurts after a few reps, a few reps into a set it gets better. Guess the muscles wasnt warmed up properly?

>>40704825
Make sure your back is straight and you are not slouching.

>>40707402
It feels good to know I'm not alone. I wish Jeff would outline the long-term solution to that pain in his video instead of just the temporary one, but I'll try it next time I'm in the gym.
>>40707512
My back is straight when I bench, but I have poor posture most of the time. Such is life for a phone-addicted lanklet.

>>40707709

If you're benching properly, it's going to be somewhat arched rather than just straight.

>>40707402
i just did a couple of the things on his channel including this video, my shoulder is a little sore but it isn't clicking, thank you.