During a set of squats I felt a sharp pain in my left shoulder, I knew instantly it was a bad deal. Myself and doc don't think it is a rotator cuff tear. It has been a problem for over six weeks.
Don't wanna scare ya but I had a nagging shoulder injury for almost 3 years. Took months off to let it heal and as soon as I started shoulder pressing it would fukk it up again. Luckily for me I took some Deca and the pain went away for good.
Is it your squat form on point? I find that if I lean too far forward I flex my delts more. It's easy to accidentally engage them bad boys on chest day too.
If your form is on point... Best advice is to rest it. Ice it. Then rest it.
I injured my shoulder doing incline bench years ago and it consistently hurt and held me back with multiple movements until I finally gave it a few months to heal. Now I stretch my shoulders adequately before any workout and always keep my shoulders in mind.
Thanks for all the good advice guys! The pain is actually on the top of my shoulder, I think where the collarbone meets the shoulder. Maybe the acromiom.
I did take the six weeks off, and I at least got my movement back. However there is still the nagging pain. Not any where what it was the days following injury.
You will need to take some time to rest and heal the shoulders. Get yourself in with a physical therapist. You will repair and gain mobility to stop it from happening again in the future. Reality is this stuff happens from time to time.
You can probably continue to squat if you have a buffalo bar or safety squat bar. If you have neither of those try front squats and barbell hack squats.
Something I use to rehab my shoulders is take a barbell on a flat bench. Hang to bands off the ends with 8lb kettle bells or 10 lb plates from the bands and bench it very slowly. Keep the shoulders controlled. That bar is gonna be bouncing all over the place.
Where the collarbone meets the shoulder is called the AC (acromioclavicular) joint. Its a stupid joint that nobody likes. Anywho....spread your grip out on the bar and go with a high bar squat for a few weeks, or use cambered or buffalo bars if you have them. But dont let the elbows rotate back behind the bar because that rotates the scapula putting pressure on the joint.
Dont keep pressure on it while its tweaked. To do so would be bad.....