Shoulder question...

[aZn Pugilist]

Sorry if it's been posted before, I did a search and couldn't come up with what I was looking for. For the past ooooo 3-4 months I've had painless popping/clicking in my right shoulder which seems to originate around the acromion process.. Like I said it is painless and it only pops when I circumduct it or retract it say when I throw a right-cross. I'm hoping I haven't damaged my shoulder joint, as I know the shoulder joints are fragile.

Thanks

[AdamGB]

Had some one on here with a similar problem last week.

Probably an imbalance between your chest/anterior shoulder muscles (punching muscles so they tend to be over developed in boxers because obviously we spend a lot of time punching... ) and your rhomboids/rotator cuff muscles.

Any chance you could show us a picture of you from a side profile? you probably have Kyphosis/upper cross syndrome.

If your shoulders slump forwards rather than sticking backwards then you'll know that you need to strengthen your back muscles to get your shoulder into a better place.

Did this gradually develop or did you have some form of injury?

The clicking/popping is probably just the sound/feeling of the connective tissues clicking over each other/bone process.

Could be a number of things, I'd have to look at you really but there's a few ideas.

[Scrap]

Great analogy Adam.

[shafty85]

I have the same symptom in my left shoulder - it clicks all the time when I rotate it in any manner. I previously played highly competitive baseball (threw right handed) and developed it after that I stopped. As Adam said, it is likely due to imbalance in the development of muscles. I've had no issues due to it so far, and hope it stays that way.

[Douglas Hall]

Shoulder injuries seem to occur more frequently than many realise, I think.

Easily done for those that lift weights - risky exercises being things like press behind neck, and chins / lat-pulldowns behind the neck. So if you do any weights, don't do those variations, and actually as a generalism, if you lift weights don't press behind the neck, or do pulldowns behind the neck - and be very careful with upright rows.

I've had some shoulder issues for some time, and whenever I heard it being discussed, I always heard people talking about a book called the 7 minute rotator cuff solution. Well it's rarer than hen's teeth these days, so I bought a book from Amazon:-

Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff: Amazon.co.uk: Jim Johnson: Books

Which I found pretty good at educating about the shoulder, plus help in understanding and remediating problems.

I'd also echo the other comments in the thread - often shoulder problems can be due to an imbalance in the shoulder area - more often than not, the front part of the shoulder is stronger and more developed than the rear - perhaps as a result of many who train, favouring pressing movements to pulling / rowing movements. That is also a worthy consideration for shoulder health.