Shoulder Pain

[FeuerFrei]

Oh, the cross can go to the center line all right. It just doesn't travel along the center line. Sorry, I probably didn't explain that right the first time. A cross comes from more to the outside and you can direct it to where you want to go, including the center line. I'll have to see if I can dig up some information about the shoulders. Most of what I've got on the shoulder differences in females, I got from a spoken lecture on the subject. The hip differences came up too.
I agree with you about everything being interconnected and related. I've just noticed that the further from each other affected locations are, the less involved they are with each other. For example, the hip is not very close to the shoulder so while they are going to have influences on each other the influence will not be so great that you need to scrutinize both to great lengths to find out what is making the shoulder hurt. I would focus more on what is going on with the shoulder area and it's immediate surrounding areas first. Don't completely ignore the hips but focus first on the shoulder girdle.
Just as soon as I get a chance, though, I'll see if I can find you some more info on the female shoulder.

[Sharla]

Heya Sharla, the fact that it's your "good" shoulder suggests that it may be a resultant of impact.

Often when starting boxing we throw our harder punch (right straight) a lot more frequently than any other punch we end up doing some damage to the cartilage in the socket and also to the ligaments around the shoulder.
This is because in our earnest efforts at the start we throw arm punches and they play against us in the long term.

I guess what I would do is apply a something like Tiger balm and Shadow box the punches from the right as a stretch. I find this helps release the synovial fluid in the joints as well as slowly bringing the ligaments you will be using into life, just before the workout.

Kee[p us posted

Oh, the cross can go to the center line all right. It just doesn't travel along the center line. Sorry, I probably didn't explain that right the first time. A cross comes from more to the outside and you can direct it to where you want to go, including the center line. I'll have to see if I can dig up some information about the shoulders. Most of what I've got on the shoulder differences in females, I got from a spoken lecture on the subject. The hip differences came up too.
I agree with you about everything being interconnected and related. I've just noticed that the further from each other affected locations are, the less involved they are with each other. For example, the hip is not very close to the shoulder so while they are going to have influences on each other the influence will not be so great that you need to scrutinize both to great lengths to find out what is making the shoulder hurt. I would focus more on what is going on with the shoulder area and it's immediate surrounding areas first. Don't completely ignore the hips but focus first on the shoulder girdle.
Just as soon as I get a chance, though, I'll see if I can find you some more info on the female shoulder.

Thanks Hitmandonny and FeuerFrie

I hope it's not the result of an impact. I'll be really POd with myself for ignoring it if it is because i don't remember any injury or moment of intense shoulder pain. I don't think it's a recent thing because I lost power in my right cross a long time ago - before my knee started hurting. That's one reason I think it's all related.

I guess I was thinking it should be related to my back because I know that is bad and that is what causes the hip tightness and what caused/aggrivated the knee pain.

I'd be really interested in reading that info on the female shoulder any time if you have a chance to put it up too. That's be awesome of you!

I think i used to have one shoulder higher than the other. Now though they look like they're about the same height but the bone on the top of the right one sticks out a bit more. Does that indicate anything in particular?

[md]

Hey Sharla, been meaning to post this for a while but was away for a bit then had trouble logging in. Here's a kind of general stabalising shoulder exercise for you which may help your pain. Lie down on your side and do slow controlled straight arm lateral raises from your hip up to but no more than 45 degrees. Start light and aim towards using a weight of about 8% of your bodyweight. Once you get a feel for the movement you can then try some elastic with a similar resistance.

[Sharla]

Awesome thanks MD! I'll start that tonight

[donnydarkoIRL]

Hey Sharla, hope it's improved a bit for you.

Mine was threatening to flare up just yesterday.
A bit worried now as I'm just about to kick into a new training regime