El Gringo
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about 4 weeks ago while bench pressing I think I got a grade 1 muscle tear [defined as a minor damage [less than 5 percent muscle tear] that takes about 2-3 weeks to heal]. I've done this a few times before over the years. I was once told that it was my bicep tendon by my gym owner. it didn't make sense to me because my bicep never hurt, it was my front left delt that had pain when doing any kind of pushing movements.
this time after 2-3 weeks the pain in my shoulder went away, but now the outer part of my forearm, to the outside of my elbow is in pain [googles images lead me to believe its my pronator trees]. its for almost all movements. especially when doing shoulder raises, or just picking up any kind of weight. I also have a slight pain in my bicep as well, but its a lot bearable than the pain in my forearm. its weird that I didn't have the pain in my forearm until the pain in my shoulder went away.
is this all one injury from bench pressing? a tear that went from my front delt to forearm?
BTW I'm done with bench pressing. I'm conscious of tucking my elbows and shoulder blades back and still injure myself. this is about the 4th time I've torn a muscle. previous times it took about 3-4 months to heal and could get away with dumbbell presses using an iso grip.
this time after 2-3 weeks the pain in my shoulder went away, but now the outer part of my forearm, to the outside of my elbow is in pain [googles images lead me to believe its my pronator trees]. its for almost all movements. especially when doing shoulder raises, or just picking up any kind of weight. I also have a slight pain in my bicep as well, but its a lot bearable than the pain in my forearm. its weird that I didn't have the pain in my forearm until the pain in my shoulder went away.
is this all one injury from bench pressing? a tear that went from my front delt to forearm?
BTW I'm done with bench pressing. I'm conscious of tucking my elbows and shoulder blades back and still injure myself. this is about the 4th time I've torn a muscle. previous times it took about 3-4 months to heal and could get away with dumbbell presses using an iso grip.