SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH MY SHOULDER

I worked chest and shoulders today, and everything felt fine until about 5 minutes ago. I was putting away laundry, and when stretching some shorts open (so the draw string pulls in) I felt a sudden sharp pain in my left shoulder.

I can do push ups on it, but if I make any sudden movement, upward, or outward I get that sharp pain again. Is this just muscular fatigue or did something happen? It hasn't been sore or felt like this all day, just as of five minutes ago.

There's kind of a dull ache to it now...

put an ice pack in a ziplock bag and ice it for about 10 mins. tomorrow, see if it still hurts then let us know.

Good advice all. Sounds like a rotator cuff strain proceed with caution. if sharp pain persists see A doctor.

Today, there's no sharp pain, but there is a dull ache that doesn't feel like being sore from lifting.

I was just really worried yesterday when I got the sharp pain from opening a pair of shorts, the resistance from the draw string made such a sharp pain. Hopefully, this dull ache just goes away in a couple of days or so.

rest up the shoulder. that is a MUST. ive been there, done that with those shoulder problems. best thing i did was ice, and rest.

Yeah, I got through todays work out OK...it was legs day. I noticed a bit of a jolt when doing squats and the bar came back a bit and my shoulder compensated for it.

The real kicker was when I was leaving and opened the door, the wind blew and opened the door quickly while my arm was still holding on to it. That hurt too.

I'll be icing it and resting it. If it's not better in a week, I'll go to the doc.

I have previously injured both my shoulders and occasionally get what you're describing in one of my shoulders, not when I'm lifting but when I'm doing normal tasks like pushing myself up from laying on the ground. The pain usually feels like its towards the front of my shoulder in the muscle. I usually end up taking about a week off from lifting and do a lot of stretching and massaging the shoulder.

Thanks for checking on me, Sheila. Today the dull ache is gone, however I can kind of tell if I were to do any fast movement with it up, or away from my body, I would probably feel that sharp tinge again. Haven't tested this theory, I don't want to hurt it again.

Pakman, I think my pain is more in the joint but I'm not actually sure. I think icing it really helps, because it wasn't feeling too good after yesterdays door-wind incident.

Be careful shoulder tendons take long to heal,because they are avascular(don't have a direct blood supply) so just because it feels better doesn't necessarily mean that it is. Get back into it slow with light weight and lots of warm ups. Test the waters. Good luck!

I'm sorry to hear about your shoulder. I had a similar issue in 2006. When I moved my left shoulder it felt like someone stabbed a knife right in the middle of my shoulder. I rested my shoulders and massaged the sore shoulder a little every day. It has since healed, and now before every chest/shoulder day I warm up my shoulders before I even think of starting my bench or incline bench presses.
After your shoulder heals try to warm them up first thing on your chest/shoulder days. Hopefully that will help you.
Also if you have the opportunity have someone you know take a video of you performing these exercises to make sure your form is spot on.