Well, everyone, I hate that it's come to this..but I"m in a bit of a spot and needing ideas.
Sometime ago, back in March, I began noticing that I was experiencing pain in my left shoulder when working out. It be an unpredictable pain in my left shoulder....and bench presses in particular would start to flare up with a dull yet stabbing ache that would intensify as I went on, and continue to cause me mild discomfort after working out.
Fast forward until now. I've been largely leaving it alone since July when I figured out it was a chronic problem, as I have gone through a series of examinations and scans to figure out what the problem was. It's an impingement: the bone pokes too far down going over the front of the shoulder, causing a "pinch" that in turn causes inflammation and irritation.
Needless to say my muscle mass in the chest has dropped considerably with no working out. Fortunately I have been given a set of exercises to control the problem.....but that's only half the solution.
I need to re-start my gym routine. I also have to do this in a manner that will allow me to keep working on my chest, without moving in the manner that irritates a shoulder impingement. Would any of the blokes on this forum have experience with this, or better yet have a background that would help inform me about how to build and maintain muscle mass in my chest without aggravating my shoulder enough to cause complications?
Sometime ago, back in March, I began noticing that I was experiencing pain in my left shoulder when working out. It be an unpredictable pain in my left shoulder....and bench presses in particular would start to flare up with a dull yet stabbing ache that would intensify as I went on, and continue to cause me mild discomfort after working out.
Fast forward until now. I've been largely leaving it alone since July when I figured out it was a chronic problem, as I have gone through a series of examinations and scans to figure out what the problem was. It's an impingement: the bone pokes too far down going over the front of the shoulder, causing a "pinch" that in turn causes inflammation and irritation.
Needless to say my muscle mass in the chest has dropped considerably with no working out. Fortunately I have been given a set of exercises to control the problem.....but that's only half the solution.
I need to re-start my gym routine. I also have to do this in a manner that will allow me to keep working on my chest, without moving in the manner that irritates a shoulder impingement. Would any of the blokes on this forum have experience with this, or better yet have a background that would help inform me about how to build and maintain muscle mass in my chest without aggravating my shoulder enough to cause complications?