How to cure shoulder problems (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - Page 7

IronG · 09-06-2005, 03:27 AM

Can anyone here tell me if they have a similiar shoulder problem to what i am about to describe?: -My injured shoulder is my left shoulder. I believe it was injured when i was doing very heavy flat dumbell bench presses last March. I continued to lift b/c it didnt seem like that bad of an injury at the time. After it continued to give me trouble (mainly with bench presses) i completely stopped all upper body lifting around the beginning of May and havent done any upper body lifting since then. I have been to 2 different doctors and they havent been able to tell me what is wrong. Although i have been going to physical therapy my shoulder only feels like it has gotten worse. It clicks and pops a lot more now than it did when i was still lifting. Now to the actual description of the injury: My left shoulder feels like it is always kind of hanging and feels like it is out of place. When i reach my arms straight up in the air i feel a stretching sensation in my left shoulder and then it makes a loud click before the stretching sensation stops. The main thing that causes me pain is when i put my left hand on my stomach and push. This causes pretty intense pain in my left shoulder and you can actually see the shoulder stretching and moving backwards. I cannot do this with my right shoulder and in no way can i feel it stretching like i can feel my left shoulder. Also-when i move my left arm across my body my shoulder makes a loud pop and briefly hurts. It is beyond me why the doctors cant tell me what is wrong. They have given me anti-inflammatories and i have been doing pt for 3 months now and nothing has improved since the beginning of may. I really dont know what to do anymore considering physical therapy isnt really helping at all. I am going to give this new stretching exercise a try b/c it might be my last hope. If anyone can identify with my injury please fill me in. It would be greatly appreciated. Please help!

dirtyveteran · 09-07-2005, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dirtyveteran

Thanks bros, this is also my first post , was refered here by somboyd from AR.
Thanks this is great info and i will start the exercise tomorrow. i really hgope this helps my R shoulder. Dirt bike accident..!!

~DV~

Awesome bros ive been doing these streatches on a daily basis roughly about 25 a day i use a oiece of PVC pipe most the time cause you can cut it to you desired height and sometimes when i chillin in the spa i use one of those pool noodles there made of foam they work good also..

thanks bros im glad i run into this site and thread my should is getting better everyday..!!

dirtyveteran · 09-07-2005, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ProtoBuilder

I've been wondering if back bridges would help by increasing flexibility in the spine . . . as you get more limber, you can bridge w/ your feet closer to your hands until you eventually form a "C" shape I s'pose!

post a drawing or pic i dont see what your saying, thanks

IronG · 09-09-2005, 02:12 AM

Can anyone here tell me if they have a similiar shoulder problem to what i am about to describe?: -My injured shoulder is my left shoulder. I believe it was injured when i was doing very heavy flat dumbell bench presses last March. I continued to lift b/c it didnt seem like that bad of an injury at the time. After it continued to give me trouble (mainly with bench presses) i completely stopped all upper body lifting around the beginning of May and havent done any upper body lifting since then. I have been to 2 different doctors and they havent been able to tell me what is wrong. Although i have been going to physical therapy my shoulder only feels like it has gotten worse. It clicks and pops a lot more now than it did when i was still lifting. Now to the actual description of the injury: My left shoulder feels like it is always kind of hanging and feels like it is out of place. When i reach my arms straight up in the air i feel a stretching sensation in my left shoulder and then it makes a loud click before the stretching sensation stops. The main thing that causes me pain is when i put my left hand on my stomach and push. This causes pretty intense pain in my left shoulder and you can actually see the shoulder stretching and moving backwards. I cannot do this with my right shoulder and in no way can i feel it stretching like i can feel my left shoulder. Also-when i move my left arm across my body my shoulder makes a loud pop and briefly hurts. It is beyond me why the doctors cant tell me what is wrong. They have given me anti-inflammatories and i have been doing pt for 3 months now and nothing has improved since the beginning of may. I really dont know what to do anymore considering physical therapy isnt really helping at all. I am going to give this new stretching exercise a try b/c it might be my last hope. If anyone can identify with my injury please fill me in. It would be greatly appreciated. Please help!

-i know that this is a repost but im really desperate here for some help. Anyone?

Hammerwall · 09-13-2005, 09:44 PM

I know this post is super old, but I just wanted to say thanks to DC for the great advice on the shoulder. I had a problem with the right one for years, and your trick took one week to cure it. I still cannot believe the pain is gone. Simply amazing

**Doggcrapp** · 09-14-2005, 12:08 AM

glad i could help

EricW · 09-14-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Doggcrapp

glad i could help

Is there anyway you could put those pics back up? I just stumbled upon this thread and I don't completely understand just from the directions. The pics aren't up anymore.

Thanks.

LocoMotive · 09-25-2005, 06:51 AM

WOW ! this looks very promising, I'm gonna do that tonight !

GETFIT · 09-26-2005, 01:40 PM

Just found this site and this post. Would this technique be helpful with someone who has bursitis?

LocoMotive · 09-26-2005, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LocoMotive

WOW ! this looks very promising, I'm gonna do that tonight !

After doing this exercise the spot where my injury is hurted more than before the exercise.

Is that normal ?

skullsmaher · 09-26-2005, 04:42 PM

if it hurts dont do it. I could never do this exercise. unfortunately my injury renders me incapable of doing this. other people have good results using it though.

Markus82 · 10-04-2005, 04:38 PM

Could anyone please post the pictures again.
I can't see them anymore on the first pages.

Thanks,
Markus from Germany.

skullcrusher · 10-05-2005, 10:58 AM

I am trying to view the attachments to this post. I can not find the icon to click on. Anyone else having this problem?

Rekd · 10-06-2005, 12:49 AM

Sorry for such a noob question, but where are the attachments?
I have been able to view them in other posts - did they get deleted when it was converted to a sticky? I am totally lost as to how this stretch is done since I can't see any pictures.....

Cheers,
Rekd

**Doggcrapp** · 10-06-2005, 01:53 PM

Because the post is older i think the board tries to save space by deleting older pictures--creator would know, winnie would know, Skip would definitely not know and please dont ask him to try put the pics back up because last time he tried to do something technical on this site, he knocked the power out in various suburbs of Chicago and thousands of sprinkler systems went off in Fargo North Dakota

**winnie** · 10-11-2005, 02:35 PM

LOL...DC is correct with everything stated above.

darkostoj · 10-13-2005, 02:12 PM

I've always had shoulder problems and have just workout through the pain. Sometimes it would flare up and other times it would die down, but I could never touch my chest while benching or do any dips.

I can barely get the broomstick past my head and when I do I get some serious stretching in my chest just as much as myl shoulders or even more. Is this normal?

ScoobyTek · 10-17-2005, 09:42 AM

There's pictures of this stretch here:

http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/000629.html

Badman · 10-20-2005, 09:57 PM

these hurt like hell so much im using the beach towel and going to work my way to the broom stick once i dont feel like hurting someone with it after doing 50 of these... but it works good helped my shoulder stretch and fixed that left shoulder ache i was having for that time

cartman74 · 10-27-2005, 04:19 AM

Hi.

First of all thanks to Dante for sharing all this info on the web.

Then to the question. My friend just came back from doctor. He was diagnosed to have tear on his rotator cuff. Shoulder has been bothering he for the last 5 months.
Should he try to cure his shoulder by doing this exercise Dante recommends or is it absolutely NO NO?

Thanks for the info.

haromoses · 11-12-2005, 11:26 AM

My first post. Just did a couple sets of 15-20 reps. Wow this stuff burns and stretches. My shoulders/chest/traps feel better already. It feels much stretched out and that's been my problem lately. Thanks DC for sharing this valuable information. I can tell that if I keep doing this, it's going to do wonders for my shoulder. I've had rc tendonitis and have had some other minor issues and this exercise should pretty much clear it up.

MilliVanilli · 11-12-2005, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Doggcrapp

Because the post is older i think the board tries to save space by deleting older pictures--creator would know, winnie would know, Skip would definitely not know and please dont ask him to try put the pics back up because last time he tried to do something technical on this site, he knocked the power out in various suburbs of Chicago and thousands of sprinkler systems went off in Fargo North Dakota

was Skip wearing Otomix ?

jk

We love you Skip

Hoss827 · 11-26-2005, 03:50 PM

Bro....I've had 6 shoulder dislocations in my left shoulder, one in my right....I just tried this with a pretty long broomstick and as I rolled back, felt a VERY painful crunching/clicking in my shoulder, like it damn near dislocated.....not to be disrespecting you in any way, but this is probably not for everyone.....

Hoss827 · 11-26-2005, 03:58 PM

Actually......now it feels a bit better..........i wanna do it again but i'm afraid to....lol is your shoulder kinda supposed to feel like it slightly dislocated when you do this? lol

skullsmaher · 11-26-2005, 04:09 PM

Hoss, I have had numerous dislocations as well and would never attempt this monement as it WILL DISLOCATE my shoulder. This is just me however, it may work for other types of problems for other people.

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09-06-2005, 03:27 AM	#151
IronG New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Can anyone here tell me if they have a similiar shoulder problem to what i am about to describe?: -My injured shoulder is my left shoulder. I believe it was injured when i was doing very heavy flat dumbell bench presses last March. I continued to lift b/c it didnt seem like that bad of an injury at the time. After it continued to give me trouble (mainly with bench presses) i completely stopped all upper body lifting around the beginning of May and havent done any upper body lifting since then. I have been to 2 different doctors and they havent been able to tell me what is wrong. Although i have been going to physical therapy my shoulder only feels like it has gotten worse. It clicks and pops a lot more now than it did when i was still lifting. Now to the actual description of the injury: My left shoulder feels like it is always kind of hanging and feels like it is out of place. When i reach my arms straight up in the air i feel a stretching sensation in my left shoulder and then it makes a loud click before the stretching sensation stops. The main thing that causes me pain is when i put my left hand on my stomach and push. This causes pretty intense pain in my left shoulder and you can actually see the shoulder stretching and moving backwards. I cannot do this with my right shoulder and in no way can i feel it stretching like i can feel my left shoulder. Also-when i move my left arm across my body my shoulder makes a loud pop and briefly hurts. It is beyond me why the doctors cant tell me what is wrong. They have given me anti-inflammatories and i have been doing pt for 3 months now and nothing has improved since the beginning of may. I really dont know what to do anymore considering physical therapy isnt really helping at all. I am going to give this new stretching exercise a try b/c it might be my last hope. If anyone can identify with my injury please fill me in. It would be greatly appreciated. Please help!

09-09-2005, 02:12 AM	#154
IronG New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Can anyone here tell me if they have a similiar shoulder problem to what i am about to describe?: -My injured shoulder is my left shoulder. I believe it was injured when i was doing very heavy flat dumbell bench presses last March. I continued to lift b/c it didnt seem like that bad of an injury at the time. After it continued to give me trouble (mainly with bench presses) i completely stopped all upper body lifting around the beginning of May and havent done any upper body lifting since then. I have been to 2 different doctors and they havent been able to tell me what is wrong. Although i have been going to physical therapy my shoulder only feels like it has gotten worse. It clicks and pops a lot more now than it did when i was still lifting. Now to the actual description of the injury: My left shoulder feels like it is always kind of hanging and feels like it is out of place. When i reach my arms straight up in the air i feel a stretching sensation in my left shoulder and then it makes a loud click before the stretching sensation stops. The main thing that causes me pain is when i put my left hand on my stomach and push. This causes pretty intense pain in my left shoulder and you can actually see the shoulder stretching and moving backwards. I cannot do this with my right shoulder and in no way can i feel it stretching like i can feel my left shoulder. Also-when i move my left arm across my body my shoulder makes a loud pop and briefly hurts. It is beyond me why the doctors cant tell me what is wrong. They have given me anti-inflammatories and i have been doing pt for 3 months now and nothing has improved since the beginning of may. I really dont know what to do anymore considering physical therapy isnt really helping at all. I am going to give this new stretching exercise a try b/c it might be my last hope. If anyone can identify with my injury please fill me in. It would be greatly appreciated. Please help! -i know that this is a repost but im really desperate here for some help. Anyone?

09-13-2005, 09:44 PM	#155
Hammerwall New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	I know this post is super old, but I just wanted to say thanks to DC for the great advice on the shoulder. I had a problem with the right one for years, and your trick took one week to cure it. I still cannot believe the pain is gone. Simply amazing

09-25-2005, 06:51 AM	#158
LocoMotive New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2	WOW ! this looks very promising, I'm gonna do that tonight !

09-26-2005, 01:40 PM	#159
GETFIT New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	Just found this site and this post. Would this technique be helpful with someone who has bursitis?

09-26-2005, 04:42 PM	#161
skullsmaher Bantamweight Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 175	if it hurts dont do it. I could never do this exercise. unfortunately my injury renders me incapable of doing this. other people have good results using it though.

10-04-2005, 04:38 PM	#162
Markus82 New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	Could anyone please post the pictures again. I can't see them anymore on the first pages. Thanks, Markus from Germany.

10-05-2005, 10:58 AM	#163
skullcrusher New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	I am trying to view the attachments to this post. I can not find the icon to click on. Anyone else having this problem?

10-06-2005, 12:49 AM	#164
Rekd New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Sorry for such a noob question, but where are the attachments? I have been able to view them in other posts - did they get deleted when it was converted to a sticky? I am totally lost as to how this stretch is done since I can't see any pictures..... Cheers, Rekd

10-13-2005, 02:12 PM	#167
darkostoj New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rochester, MI Posts: 25	I've always had shoulder problems and have just workout through the pain. Sometimes it would flare up and other times it would die down, but I could never touch my chest while benching or do any dips. I can barely get the broomstick past my head and when I do I get some serious stretching in my chest just as much as myl shoulders or even more. Is this normal?

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10-17-2005, 09:42 AM	#168
ScoobyTek New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	There's pictures of this stretch here: http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/000629.html

10-27-2005, 04:19 AM	#170
cartman74 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1	Hi. First of all thanks to Dante for sharing all this info on the web. Then to the question. My friend just came back from doctor. He was diagnosed to have tear on his rotator cuff. Shoulder has been bothering he for the last 5 months. Should he try to cure his shoulder by doing this exercise Dante recommends or is it absolutely NO NO? Thanks for the info.

11-12-2005, 11:26 AM	#171
haromoses New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1	My first post. Just did a couple sets of 15-20 reps. Wow this stuff burns and stretches. My shoulders/chest/traps feel better already. It feels much stretched out and that's been my problem lately. Thanks DC for sharing this valuable information. I can tell that if I keep doing this, it's going to do wonders for my shoulder. I've had rc tendonitis and have had some other minor issues and this exercise should pretty much clear it up.

11-26-2005, 03:50 PM	#173
Hoss827 New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11	Bro....I've had 6 shoulder dislocations in my left shoulder, one in my right....I just tried this with a pretty long broomstick and as I rolled back, felt a VERY painful crunching/clicking in my shoulder, like it damn near dislocated.....not to be disrespecting you in any way, but this is probably not for everyone.....

11-26-2005, 03:58 PM	#174
Hoss827 New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11	Actually......now it feels a bit better..........i wanna do it again but i'm afraid to....lol is your shoulder kinda supposed to feel like it slightly dislocated when you do this? lol

11-26-2005, 04:09 PM	#175
skullsmaher Bantamweight Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 175	Hoss, I have had numerous dislocations as well and would never attempt this monement as it WILL DISLOCATE my shoulder. This is just me however, it may work for other types of problems for other people.