left shoulder hurts after benching

[danlightbulb]

Hi all.

My left shoulder hurts after benching recently. My right is fine. Oddly its also my left elbow that hurts while squatting, not my right. I haven't specifically hurt my left arm doing anything. Any ideas?

Dan

[JTC_MN]

I'm in the same boat. And I'm guessing it's from the squat and carries over to bench. I'm currently working on different grips and widths, but maintaining low bar position on my squat to alleviate the pain. There's tons of threads, if you Google search the forum.

[vanslix]

Form check would be first step.

[Greg Esres]

Could be trigger points in upper arm or shoulder. Very, very hard massages with a lacrosse ball can release the trigger points. Worked wonders for me with the same symptoms.

[Rezart Erindi]

Or it could be the first signs of shoulder impingment and bursitis. I suggest you check it out at a good doc, before it gets worse. Don't neglect this.