Recovering from tendonitis

[mudbutt22]

So I'm 95% recovered from a bad case of shoulder tendonitis. The problem is I am very unstable/shaky when I try to lift any reasonable amount of weight for a pressing movement. Primarily on the down portion of the movement. It's almost like I have the DTs. It's weight I'm capable of lifting easily, I just shake like hell when lowering it. I did train with light weight basically the entire time while injured. Any suggestions/thoughts on why? is it because my left side has been overcompensating all this time? Neglected core strength (guilty)? Or just weak tendons? I have a pretty small frame for my size/strength. If anyone has had a similar problem how did yo correct it? It's actually embarassing. I can't even lower 225 on bench without shaking like nick cage in leaving Las Vegas, and that's a weight I should be able to get for 15-20 reps.

Edit: that's my wrist in my avi so you can see, I'm pretty damn small boned

 

[Checkmate69]

So I'm 95% recovered from a bad case of shoulder tendonitis. The problem is I am very unstable/shaky when I try to lift any reasonable amount of weight for a pressing movement. Primarily on the down portion of the movement. It's almost like I have the DTs. It's weight I'm capable of lifting easily, I just shake like hell when lowering it. I did train with light weight basically the entire time while injured. Any suggestions/thoughts on why? is it because my left side has been overcompensating all this time? Neglected core strength (guilty)? Or just weak tendons? I have a pretty small frame for my size/strength. If anyone has had a similar problem how did yo correct it? It's actually embarassing. I can't even lower 225 on bench without shaking like nick cage in leaving Las Vegas, and that's a weight I should be able to get for 15-20 reps.

Edit: that's my wrist in my avi so you can see, I'm pretty damn small boned

I wish I had an answer for you here. I have been dealing with this for over a decade. Kills my bench. 225 seems to be be where my pain starts too. I need to do like 3 or 4 warm-up sets everytime. I have to avoid exercises that trigger it like dips.
Hate taking alleve but if I take one the night before chest and one the morning of I usually can make it through.
Think it happened to me because of neglecting shoulders early on. Short of getting an mri I try to stretch a lot and proceed with caution. Icing down my shoulder/delt area as soon as I get home after benching helps too.
Would love to here from some others.
Good luck

 

[mudbutt22]

I wish I had an answer for you here. I have been dealing with this for over a decade. Kills my bench. 225 seems to be be where my pain starts too. I need to do like 3 or 4 warm-up sets everytime. I have to avoid exercises that trigger it like dips.
Hate taking alleve but if I take one the night before chest and one the morning of I usually can make it through.
Think it happened to me because of neglecting shoulders early on. Short of getting an mri I try to stretch a lot and proceed with caution. Icing down my shoulder/delt area as soon as I get home after benching helps too.
Would love to here from some others.
Good luck

Do you have he shakiness issues too? It's so frustrating because I love to lift heavy weights and I'm so much stronger than what my body is letting me do. I continued to train with it on lifts that didn't aggravate it and I think it's because the whole time I had it my left side was bearing a majority of the load, even though the weights were light. Getting older sucks. I'm going to try spending a day or two a week just training my right side and see if that helps.

Pulling is totally fine. It's just any pressing movements.

 

[PIZZABOY]

I think you nailed it when you said getting older sucks. I dont know either. I will also have these bouts of shakiness on the negative. I just dont bounce back like i used to, overtraining, fatigue, i do know as the overtime at work goes up, i still maintain my scheduled responsiblites, getting less rest. My body gets a bit angry.

 

[Checkmate69]

Usually as soon as I start my negative I will get like a stabbing pain. Once that happens instantly I slow down my lift because I get cautious and then it makes it twice as hard. Definitely on my weaker (left) side.
Smart lifting and listening to my older body works. Recovery time takes forever now so I am extra cautious not to aggrevate it. Hate to say it but I actually started benching on the smith machine. Helps me. Better than getting hurt.
A jujitsu buddy of mine swears by glucosamine/ chondroitin with msm for his joint problems. I just started taking it, I will keep you updated.

 

[Old]

The brain limits muscular tension based on feedback from nerves in tendons. So maybe you just need to fix the remaining 5%.

As to why it isn't affecting amount that you lift but rather when releasing - not sure. But it kind of reminds one of 'cogwheeling' as experienced with Parkinson's, though that is more pronounced when not under load.

If you have the meds, how is it affected by hydrocodone? If better, then it may be signals from tendons to brain. How is it affected by l-dopa? That would indicate neurological crap that comes with aging (you can try caber instead if you have it)

What did you do to recover the 95%?

 

[aragorn1500]

What effect can a Cortizone shot have on this?
Will it help in the long term or not?

 

[mudbutt22]

The brain limits muscular tension based on feedback from nerves in tendons. So maybe you just need to fix the remaining 5%.

As to why it isn't affecting amount that you lift but rather when releasing - not sure. But it kind of reminds one of 'cogwheeling' as experienced with Parkinson's, though that is more pronounced when not under load.

If you have the meds, how is it affected by hydrocodone? If better, then it may be signals from tendons to brain. How is it affected by l-dopa? That would indicate neurological crap that comes with aging (you can try caber instead if you have it)

What did you do to recover the 95%?

Recovery was a lot of just really light weight coupled with chiropractic care. Had to stop with the chiro because of an allergic reaction to the ultrasound fluid. I also ran a tb500 and bpc 157run that seemed to help. I did test the injury far too often though.

I've tried to be more observant the last few days and most of it occurs on my right side (same as the injury) I'm fairly certain the tendons are still just really weak on that side even though there's no real pain.

Does anyone have some good tips for stregthening tendons specifically? I also have neglected my flexibility work really badly since the injury. I'm sure that has an effect as well.

 

[mudbutt22]

Actually wish I didn't have to stop the chiro. The guy was like 90 and just did it for fun. He literally charged like 20 bucks a visit for a full treatment. Adjustments and all. He was good too- the old fucker was even able to do adjustments on my hips and I'm no lightweight.

I wish I had pics of his office/equipment. All of his equipment was from like 1960 or earlier and the office had never been updated. I felt like I was going to see a doctor on Mad Men lol.

 

[Old]

Had to stop with the chiro because of an allergic reaction to the ultrasound fluid.

You can use about any liquid between the ultrasound probe and skin. Even water works but you'd might need to be submerged, lol. Lots of offices use BioFreeze because it cleans up easy. Have my own machine and use sesame seed oil. Sesame oil actually soaks in fairly well so one doesn't have to shower afterward (if you don't mind the skin feeling like E2 is high).

So bring some massage oil and ask the guy if he'll use it on you instead. He sounds like a rip

 

[Checkmate69]

Just giving you a follow up on using glucosamine/ chondroitin with msm. Seems to be working real well. I'm surprised! I bought it off Amazon. I bought one that also has turmeric which I believe is a natural anti inflammatory.
Pain is not 100% gone but it is getting way better. Still use caution on my lifts but definitely a noticeable difference.

 

[Sworder]

No more barbell curls for you eh?
Tendonitis sucks, I can only do hammer curls without feeling much discomfort.

 

[Throwback]

What effect can a Cortizone shot have on this?
Will it help in the long term or not?

Do NOT use cortizone.
After the second shot it will begin to decay connective tissue.
Im 54 and have a similar issue with my right shoulder.
Bench press and deep dips are the worst.
I avoid both now except for bp with light weight and dips that dont get my shoulders into an impingement bind.

 

[Throwback]

No more barbell curls for you eh?
Tendonitis sucks, I can only do hammer curls without feeling much discomfort.

I had the same issue with curls but i changed up the grip on bb curls to a narrower grip...shoulder width max.
If i go much wider its like be stabbed...
Mri was clear except foe some osteo arthritis. So....?

 

[Wood4days]

Over lifting will cause tendonitis. It happened to my left elbow. Pulling to much weight for back and deadlifts. I stop doing that. I started doing very light weight for a year and inject HGH for the second year. Tendonitis gone. Lifting heavy again but I don't go overboard. Leave my ego at the door before heading in the gym.