R Shoulder, Shoulder Pain
2008-11-16 – 2009-02-25
Grade: 2
Nov 16
I think I pulled unevenly and "strained" a muscle from my neck to my shoulder. Who knows what muscle?
Nov 21
Painting a wall and no pain! Looks like immobilization is not the answer. No kidding huh?
Nov 23
R shldr still hurting. Really bad when I put a bar on my shldrs to squat. Started ROM exercises several times a day.
Nov 24
ROM seems to be helping. I can sit for a bit without it beginning to ache. Haven't tried squatting yet. D'lifts go well anyway.
Nov 25
Squat still hurts depending on elbow position. More time with no aches tho. Either it's going away by itself or something I'm doing is helping. Another possible cause is I changed vehicles on Nov 7. New car has completely different seating position.
Nov 27
Less. Less often and less severe. On awakening, feels fine.
Nov 28
90% of the time, my shoulder is fine.
Nov 29
Healing of whatever is almost complete.
Nov 30
Just a dull feeling once in a while. Note: R side felt weak during pulldowns at the gym. edit: extra weak on ovrhd presses.
Dec 1
Ovrhd presses (particularly with dbs) no good. Could only do 1 dip. No extra pain, but no strength. Very embarrassing as a strongly built man was waiting for me to complete my set.
Dec 2
Seems to be more hurtin' today. I suspect the dip was a bad idea.
Dec 4
OvrHd and bench db presses only. R side significantly weaker. Pain is just a dull ache once in a while. Aggravated by doing this (typing on the computer).
Dec 5
Just a dull ache as I stated. More and more looks as if Dips are a bad idea right now.
Dec 7
No issues at all. Will do full test with squats this week.
Dec 10
Even tho there is still a slight feeling of discomfort when I'm sitting at the computer typing, let's call it fixed.
jan 3,2009
It never really went away. I haven't done dips in a while but the R side is much weaker than it ever was. Hurts a bit when I sit without supporting my elbow at the computer.
Jan 8,2009
Worse today. I only ran yesterday.
Jan 13,2009
Funny that shoulder doesn't hurt AT ALL during exercise. Only when it's just hanging there. Like while I'm typing or sitting at Tim's.
Jan 14
OK. Not sure what to do. Made small circles into big ones. both directions. will study rehab techniques tomorrow.
Jan 20
Beats me why, but it doesn't hurt at all for a while after exercise. pronation (like typing) isn't good. today i did external and internal rotation workout.
Jan 25
Biggest impact is to bench press, both flat and incline. using left hand for mouse when I can.
Feb 1
stopped using right arm rest in car. it was a couple of inches high.
Feb 6
No improvement. Only feels fine after an arm workout. For about a half hour or an hour.
Feb 12
Feels a lot better. No weights for 2 days so far.
Feb 13
Practically 98 per cent pain free. I can mouse just fine. Appears that weights were the cause. Altho, I have cut way back in mouse usage. So it's hard to say. In March I hope to be allowed to weight-lift again. We'll see the result.
Feb 16
Still 98% we'll say. When I abduct and raise overhead, it hurts a little. I'm voting for impingement and starting to winder why I like overhead press so much. Totally non-functional anyway.
Feb 24
Doesn't hurt anymore. haven't lifted weights for 2 weeks.
wasn't dips. might have been impingement. didn't lift weights for 2 weeks and was better right away. only improved every day. Today, i can move my R arm with only a hint of pain.