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Gym exercise and shoulder pain
Summary
Shoulder problems are a typical problem in the adult population of today. Something as innocent as exercise could be whats causing the pain. Find out which gym exercises might be the cause of your shoulder problems.
Keywords
shoulder problems, gym exercises, shoulder pain, rotator cuff muscles, shoulder blades
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Its funny how you dont notice a certain part of your body until it starts giving you problems. Imagine this, you use your arms everyday and connected to your arm is your shoulder which mostly moves with your arm.
Now all of a sudden somewhere along the line you hurt your shoulder. Youre not exactly sure when or why, but something is different. A nagging pain is nibbling on your nerves and you can barely pick up your fork to take a bite of your supper.
Sounds familiar?
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We only notice that we cant be without the functionality of a certain part of our body as soon as that part of our body starts acting up.
When it comes to the subject of shoulder problems, many a person will tell you about the pain and suffering that their shoulder problem caused them. According to research it seems that shoulder problems are common in the general population, with up to 47% of adults complaining about their shoulder/s.
Before going for surgery, many will go to physical therapists to help them sort out the problem. Effective methods used to help alleviate shoulder pain include anti-inflammatory medications or pain medications, cortisone injections are also popular and of course physical therapy.
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One of the very popular treatments for shoulder pain is therapeutic exercise. In contrast to this, shoulder pain can actually be caused when hurting oneself while doing gym exercises.
A relatively normal activity for many people, which in actual fact has the ability to be responsible for your shoulder problems or aggravate an already existing shoulder problem.
Thus, certain exercises are beneficial to the shoulder, but there are others which may place the shoulder at risk for injuries and pain.
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Following are four gym exercises that you should watch out for- they might just be the cause for your shoulder problems:
Contagious exercises: One of the top exercises is seated rowing. When the weight is pulled back it also squeezes the shoulder blades together this does not only exercise the rotator cuff muscles but also the stabilisers of the shoulder blades.
As mentioned above, contrasting to these four exercises, there are therapeutic exercises that will help treat your shoulder problems. Therapeutic exercises usually consist out of motion, strengthening and conditioning exercises.
Isnt it ironic how the same thing, exercise, can either heal or harm you? So next time you go to the gym, be sure to watch out for potentially dangerous exercises.