Shoulder pain! Should i stop my cycle?

[RA64]

i'm thinking you jumped the gun on running a cycle. You obviously don't have enough training experience to be using these compounds. I pain is the game working threw the pain. No offense intended here bro but you couldn't have trained threw a plateau without some serious pain. Your body isn't tuned to use these compounds. You going to put on a bunch of water and fat unless you drop weight and go high set high reps. Good luck

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[mankind_230]

4 years...u seem very experienced...im sure it wont be difficult for answer me one question...
i got sust from nile and karachi...but the one from nile is more viscous (oily i suppose) that the karachi one...Is that normal??? or one of em is fake?

 

[Polynikes666]

I just got thread topic whiplash...

 

[JamieOleBoy]

DUDE the LAST thing you need is steroids, you DON'T know ENOUGH about them!!!!

 

[sparkynuttz]

no, don't force through the pain...pain is there for a reason. its a WARNING.
I'm a PT and I can tell you when there's inflammation, there's swelling filling up a space that would otherwise have free space to move. This is where "impingement" and such diagnoses come from...
Continue exercising but do this:
1. Choose exercises that are below shoulder level..this will allow you to use your shoulder with the maximum amount of joint space available..You don't want to move in a position that causes repeated bone on tendon contact.
2. exercises that allow you to keep the upper part of your arm fixed or supported will help
3. Ice for atleast 20 minutes after exercise. Medical books will say it takes 20 minutes to penetrate deep enough to do any good. If you're a big thick muscular guy, I'm envisioning a shoulder like a bull's which would require longer for any benefit.
4. every day life: posture is actually more important than you think. If you're slumped over, it changes the position of rest for your shoulder joint. sitting or standing tall/upright will help with the posture and this will help not aggravate your existing condition.

Took the words right out of my mouth. I worked in Physical Therapy for about a year and a half. I am in the Army so I have had multiple Medical jobs. I consider myself a jack of all trades/master of none (except trauma haha). BUT back to your issue. This person is right. You could be suffering from impingement syndrome and/or a possible labral or rotator cuff tear. You have to understand that working THROUGH the pain will only cause further injury. Your shoulders hurt because you pissed them off at some point by overloading them. Now they are telling you to stop pushing them so hard. Right now you should be looking into some resistance band exercises and ROM (Range Of Motion) stretches and exercises. If it hurts to reach for a glass you are looking at impingement. If it hurts to grab your belt loop above your ass you are looking at a poss rotator cuff tear. You want this stuff to heal. Surgery is a bitch and it is not fun to rehab the shoulder by any means. By no means should you immobilize your shoulder at any oint. This will only cause further issues. These injuries can take up to 4-6 weeks to heal. I don't believe in NSAID's especially when you are working your ass off in the gym. Do some research on some shoulder rehab exercises. My advice to you is to look on any army hospital website under the physical therapy link and it should give you a laundry list of things to do. Hope this helps....:

 

[fitfreak]

I was really beginning to wonder with all the "work through the pain" posts. We can't give you advice because we don't know what's wrong with your shoulder. It could be serious, or close to being serious. I've had experience with injuries like this, and ignoring it and pushing through the pain just made it worse, and caused a longer recovery period. Why don't you just see an Ortho and have it looked at? Then you can decide whether or not to continue the cycle.

no, don't force through the pain...pain is there for a reason. its a WARNING.
I'm a PT and I can tell you when there's inflammation, there's swelling filling up a space that would otherwise have free space to move. This is where "impingement" and such diagnoses come from...
Continue exercising but do this:
1. Choose exercises that are below shoulder level..this will allow you to use your shoulder with the maximum amount of joint space available..You don't want to move in a position that causes repeated bone on tendon contact.
2. exercises that allow you to keep the upper part of your arm fixed or supported will help
3. Ice for atleast 20 minutes after exercise. Medical books will say it takes 20 minutes to penetrate deep enough to do any good. If you're a big thick muscular guy, I'm envisioning a shoulder like a bull's which would require longer for any benefit.
4. every day life: posture is actually more important than you think. If you're slumped over, it changes the position of rest for your shoulder joint. sitting or standing tall/upright will help with the posture and this will help not aggravate your existing condition.

 

[OLYMPIAN]

Why would cycle be a waste? You dont have other bodyparts???

I was on cycle with wicked shoulder pain. I crushed everything else and did next to nothing that involved my shoulder. I nursed it back to health and got pretty good gains all over.

Train SMART.

 

[casharp1]

IMO I would stop doing upper body
I would get an MRI so I know what really is going on. If it is not too bad than get a shot of cortisone and I would follow something like I have attached until the pain goes away. then start lifting light. I got this from the Rothman Institute, they are top of the line docs who work on the phillies. you need to go find docs that are this good for their opinion. Sorry I can't help with info about a cycle but these guys here are much better at that then me.