pulled muscle in shoulder.

[Dave171]

Hey all. Got my PRMC on 11th december. everythin was going ok fitness wise then other day think i pulled a muscle in my shoulder. Doesnt hurt too much to stop me from doin nethin but havnt been doin pressups incase make it worse. Ne1 got ne tips on how to treat it properly? length of time normally takes to heal etc? ne tips would be grateful. As i say its nothin too bad and could do PRMC if still irritates but just a little worried bout it as want to be 100%

Dave

[Stokey_14]

I think best thing is to see the doc, rest is usually the answer, we can't really diagnose an injury over the tinter net.

Only advice is don't rush it and make things worse... setting you're PRMC back a month and resting the injury/bringing it back up to scratch is better than pushing on, going down to CTC and failing because of the injury.

[Dave171]

Yea i appreciate what your saying. Il rest it for couple more days and see how it goes. As i said its only very minor and have had simular things while back. Its just typical its come up couple weeks before PRMC.

[ADDiction]

Bad shoulder's are bad, bad news. Make sure you warm those babies up, and down properly, or those niggles will last a life time.

[Dave171]

The pain has kind of moved down into my arm for some reason. Woke up today feeling a little better just it's a bit stiff. If I keep stretching it and have plenty of rest I'm hoping to be ok soon.

[Ty]

Hey mate. I know all about shoulder injuries, dislocated mine 3 years ago REAL bad. It sits up higher now then my original shoulder by a few mm's, nothing major, but I notice it when doing pressups.

Anyway, I also injured it 3 weeks ago doing pullups. Strained the muscle, which it sounds like you did. Take 2 Ibuprofen a day, and also apply a heating pad to the area. Don't worry so much about a cold pack to reduce the swelling, the Ibuprofen will do that, the heating pad will rush the blood there to help repair. Within 6 - 7 days I was good, and doing pullups again. Try to avoid lifting exercises as well, running is fine.