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Shoulder injury?

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dylandylandylandylan anddylan · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 107

I have been having a shoulder issue for a couple of weeks now, and am not sure what it is. Hopefully someone on here can help identify what's going on or has had a similar issue. 

I was in Squamish when I noticed it, although there was no acute trauma that I know of. Throughout the two weeks I was there I was climbing roughly 2 days on 1 day off and moving between hard for me sport, bouldering, and wide overhanging chimney trad (lots of pressing in weird ways). 

The only pain I have noticed was trying to do inverted push ups against my van. That was brief and more just 'didn't feel right.' Since then I have mostly maintained climbing, but the shoulder still feels slightly 'off.' I think I have full range of motion, the only time I notice it is when lifting my arm out as to feed slack quickly, picking up a heavy water bottle or trying to do an external rotation exercise with my elastic band. There is no pain, I just feel like I have no strength in those positions. 

I'm traveling around right now but will try to go to a PT when possible. PT friends have said from the description that it may be a labrum tear but that it is probably fine to continue climbing as long as there is no pain. We'll see...

FrankPS · · Atascadero, CA · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 276

Your best diagnosis will come from an orthopedist.

David Riley · · Sacramento, CA · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 20

Recently, I had what i thought was an anterior shoulder tear that turned out to be Tenosynovitis of the upper bicep sheath. I went to a Sports medicine practice, did ultrasound and sent to PT and now I am all good. I suggest sports medicine first and they can evaluate and see if an Orthopedic surgeon is necessary. 

djh860 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 110

the repair for an injured shoulder usually involves flooding the injured area with highly oxygenated blood.  google rotator cuff therapy 

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