Last week when I was doing close grip declines, my pec delt tie-in (or whatever that thick tendon thing in your armpit is) locked up and hurt pretty bad during one of my reps. I didn't do anything else for chest that day and haven't since. What I don't get about it is that the exercise I was doing doesn't seem like it would do this to me, there is almost no rotation of the shoulder with a close grip, especially on a decline. Close grip declines are usually totally painless for me, that's why I love them. Go figure. Anyways, the tendon is sore to the touch, almost like it is bruised, and I feel a little pain when I pull my left arm across the front of my body. I don't think I can put much weight on it, and I'm scared that I might be on the verge of something worse like a pec tear. Also, I have been getting pain in my left biceps tendon lately, which might be related. I have been icing it about once a day, is there anything else that I should do other than just wait it out and let it heal on its own. I know that powerlifters probably get pain like this a lot, especially the biceps tendonitis, so I'm hoping some of you guys can chime in.
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I think I almost tore my pec or tie-in
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AnimalMass
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Well, you didn't tear your pec - if you had, you would have bruised very, very badly.
Most likely you just pulled something a bit. I hope you iced it some last week. From here I would take some hot baths and massage it, and start doing bench presses with the bar, pushups, etc. until things start to feel back to normal.
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Most likely you just pulled something a bit. I hope you iced it some last week. From here I would take some hot baths and massage it, and start doing bench presses with the bar, pushups, etc. until things start to feel back to normal.
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AnimalMass
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Ice isn't of much help 48+ hours after the trauma. Hot baths, massage, etc, stretch before lifting, and then ice immediately following lifting.
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