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.

 

[Kgkle]

It's probably your rotator cuff, you either tore it or over stretched it or a number of things they can be fussy little fuckers depending on which way you are tight you can do some stretching to help the tightness.

I have a good stretch that also shows you start like this but laying on the floor and fingers facing the ceiling you can rotate to this position and to the opposite too stretch out the rotator cuff just keep shoulder and elbow touching the floor.

And you can look up rotator cuff exercises I personally found the cable machine to work best.

 

[Kinetic]

I've partially torn both rotator cuffs (both verified by MRI) and can tell you the pain associated with that is fucking awful. I couldn't even manage a light bench when it was at its worst.

If it's a RC tear, doing resistance exercises religiously is what got me back up to speed both times. Now I can train normally as long as I'm careful. If I go too low with weighted dips or too heavy benchpress, I can feel that old twinge of pain again and know to back off.

Doesnt sound like OP has a RC tear, though. He'd know the pain intimately if so. Have you tried any anti-inflammatories before heavy pressing to see if it helps? If not, then it may be where you favored the bad shoulder and just need time to get the supporting muscles back to where they are on the other arm.

 

[Kgkle]

True enough but if a rotator cuff is tight or any other supporting muscles are tight this shoulder stretch will help a ton. I had similar shoulder issues I couldn't bench press or shoulder press and it was because I had a tight rotator muscle. The pain was probably the worst of my injuries from working out.

 

[mudbutt22]

No there's not a lot of pain. It's the oddest thing- haven't been able to find anyone that has the same problem. I'm just really on the shaky on the lowering (and lockout) when pressing.

My tendons and joints are probably just beat to shit. Ive really abused my body the past few years and it's catching up. Pulling movements are fine but they put nowhere near as much stress on your tendons and joints.

I probably need to take a couple of months off entirely, or lose some weight. I may be heavier than what my frame is capable of handling.

 

[Kgkle]

it could be you are over dominant in your pressing movements then pulling just like climbers get tendinitis from not being balanced enough in there pushing movements

 

[Kgkle]

Try really dropping the weight on your pressing motions and going ham on your rear delts and back idk I'd be trying every damn thing out till I found something or got hit by a truck lol!