Power clean shoulder bruising

[jsteve08]

So my power cleans have reached the 170lb mark and this is starting to happen. It doesn't hurt a whole lot, although it seems to happen only on the third rep of the set, not the first reps, making me think it's a technique issue. Or is this just something that happens when you power clean? Any ideas why it might be happening?

I'll post a form check if necessary but hopefully there might be some ideas just based on the bruising.

[Tom Campitelli]

Define "shoulder." Where exactly are you bruising? Also, video would be of use.

[jsteve08]

I thought I had included an image.

[Tom Campitelli]

You may be catching the bar a little too low, or maybe you have a bar crash issue. Video would tell us for sure.