gweggy
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Looking for everyone's advice.
Three weeks ago I noticed a small pain in my neck at the gym after doing shoulder BB shoulder presses, nothing big. Next day when I woke up and reached to get my coffee mug from the top shelf I didn't have the strength to hold it and my arm fell. I tried to hold it out front of me and it would just drop. Tried it to the side, same thing. I called the physiotherapist and made an appointment. They said pinched nerve at C5 C6 and my shoulder and bicep are not getting the proper signal to fire. She said not to do any lifting using those muscles. Three weeks of therapy later she gives the go ahead. My shoulder and bicep still twitch and get fatigued very quickly. Yesterday I try shoulder presses warm up with 30 lbs DB and was so fatigued after only 8 reps in that one arm. Tried side laterals and could barely get 10 reps with 10lbs, and noticed that I would involuntarily squeeze my trap. When I returned the DB to neutral my right shoulder would be in a shrug. So onto biceps. DB curls 15's felt ok but 20's were a no go. Not even 1. Before all this, DBpresses with 80's, side laterals with 25's, DB curls with 45's. Bench press, Rows, pull downs, triceps, no problems. Pull ups are noticeably weaker after 12reps.
So guys what to do? I've been working my legs like crazy and doing light bench and rows. Do I avoid shoulders and Biceps all together? Or work with weights it can handle?
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Three weeks ago I noticed a small pain in my neck at the gym after doing shoulder BB shoulder presses, nothing big. Next day when I woke up and reached to get my coffee mug from the top shelf I didn't have the strength to hold it and my arm fell. I tried to hold it out front of me and it would just drop. Tried it to the side, same thing. I called the physiotherapist and made an appointment. They said pinched nerve at C5 C6 and my shoulder and bicep are not getting the proper signal to fire. She said not to do any lifting using those muscles. Three weeks of therapy later she gives the go ahead. My shoulder and bicep still twitch and get fatigued very quickly. Yesterday I try shoulder presses warm up with 30 lbs DB and was so fatigued after only 8 reps in that one arm. Tried side laterals and could barely get 10 reps with 10lbs, and noticed that I would involuntarily squeeze my trap. When I returned the DB to neutral my right shoulder would be in a shrug. So onto biceps. DB curls 15's felt ok but 20's were a no go. Not even 1. Before all this, DBpresses with 80's, side laterals with 25's, DB curls with 45's. Bench press, Rows, pull downs, triceps, no problems. Pull ups are noticeably weaker after 12reps.
So guys what to do? I've been working my legs like crazy and doing light bench and rows. Do I avoid shoulders and Biceps all together? Or work with weights it can handle?
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