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hello everyone, first post here...
about 4 months ago, whether it be from lifting heavy, or playing sports, or whatever else... i started to develope pain in my left shoulder.
i didn't go to my doctor right away, because as far as things went... i had NO pain in daily activity. the only time i had pain is when pressing chest or shoulders. minor in flat, and as my shoulder angle increased, the pain would get worse.
anyway, met up with a buddy of mine who competed NPC in the tri-state in the mid 90s. after moving my arm around in a bunch of different positions, he ruled that i had bad tendonitis of my supraspinatus tendon. he reccomended me to a good friend ART guy.
went to the ART guy, and my left shoulder was really weak when testing it. in addition to supraspinatus tendonitis, my intraspinatus was also really inflamed. did a bunch of active release sessions, shoulder strength came back 100% but there was still pain. still haven't been able to do any kind of chest pressing or shoulder pressing.
so in my searchings of the internet, i stumbled upon this thread. while i am due to have an MRI done sometime next week, in the meantime the last two nights i've been doing this exercise. looking into getting some menthol rub as well.
the reason WHY i believe its only tendonitis and not a partial RC cuff tear is the tightness that comes along with it. even so, if its not a deep tear, i'll get reccomended PT... so i figure i have nothing to lose and everything to gain by giving this a run until i get the MRI done.
it takes alot for me to stay away from the rack to "test" the shoulder, so i'm hoping that just posting in this thread will be a way for me to JUST do the shoulder dislocations...
hopefully it works, the time put into this
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