To preface this post, I have done a lot of reading on the issue with relation to impingement of the shoulder but not much of it seems to apply to this sport of weightlifting.
I have seen a doctor and he suspects that it’s not a tear, but impingement. I have good mobility in the shoulders, even the right shoulder which is affected. I can do proper scapular wall slides and can still snatch and jerk.
However, whenever I do this my shoulder becomes very sore and inflammed. I have been stretching a lot, doing foam rolling and icing it. I have also been warming my shoulder up before any lifting and strengthening my external rotators and rotator cuffs.
I don’t want to stop weightlifting and so I would appreciate any feedback to remedy this situation.
I am able to do full cleans and squat and so I am doing that. What else could I do to work on technique for the snatch? High Pulls? Also, should I switch to RDLs and front squats considering the back squat might cause furthur impingement?
I take about a tablespoon of a good liquid fish oil everyday.
As far as the sport-specific doctors, I will have to see.
What hurts is when I push anything over and behind my head i.e. snatches, jerks, presses and especially behind-the-jerk presses and jerks. It usually hurts after the fact.
I had this problem as well. It got to the point where I had to stop snatching for about a month. Stretching, ice, etc., all helped, but rest was the only thing that cured it. I have also started doing a high volume of rowing and pull-ups, and I think that helps a bit as well.
Pardon me if I’m being ignorant (i have the same issue, just tossing out ideas) but could lat raises help? I would imagine it could help to strengthen the deltoids and surrounding muscles further (perhaps fly exercises?) to allow for the joint/mobility to rely on the muscle more than the rotator cuff itself. Purely speculation, though.
I may have just overtrained them. I enjoyed doing power cleans and jerks (+ 1 handed dumbbell snatch jerks) so much that I couldn’t stop myself from doing them for a week and a half straight each day LOL. I guess that was really just asking for some sort of injury… However, rest definitely seemed to help. I just started doing them again (yesterday) after ~5 days of rest and I’d definitely say that I’ve felt much better.
I’m going to start incorporating a few more exercises to hit my delts and surrounding muscles/fuller ranges of motion a bit more on days when i’m not jerking to see if that helps.
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Also, should I switch to RDLs and front squats considering the back squat might cause furthur impingement?[/quote]
Would it not be the other way around (not wanting to do front squats) or am I misunderstanding your situation?
[quote]rssj435 wrote:
What hurts is when I push anything over and behind my head i.e. snatches, jerks, presses and especially behind-the-jerk presses and jerks. It usually hurts after the fact.
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