So I've pulled a rotator, and can't bench. Would light benching aid in recovery, or not?
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.
Rest is your best friend in this situation. You don't want to do anything to agitate the injury. Proper training can help with injury prevention, but once an injury as occurred, rest is what you need. I'd refrain from any strenuous lifting until you didn't feel pain in the affected area anymore. You might re-inure yourself if you're not careful enough. Hope everything works out for you.So I've pulled a rotator, and can't bench. Would light benching aid in recovery, or not?
Thanks for any input.
Rest is your best friend in this situation. You don't want to do anything to agitate the injury. Proper training can help with injury prevention, but once an injury as occurred, rest is what you need. I'd refrain from any strenuous lifting until you didn't feel pain in the affected area anymore. You might re-inure yourself if you're not careful enough. Hope everything works out for you.
Light benching will not aid in recovery.So I've pulled a rotator, and can't bench. Would light benching aid in recovery, or not?
Thanks for any input.
The rotator had been injured before at work. As far as the rowing thing, I alternate sets between pushing and pulling to keep myself balanced. i just re-injured it by benching.If pain during is nonexistent (and I mean nonexistent) and pain afterward is slim to none, it may be a decent idea. But I don't think the bench press is a good "rehab" exercise. It's not like you have a "bench press muscle" that needs healing...benching too often and not rowing often enough is probably what made the injury in the first place, so I don't think benching more is the solution
Here are three articles. The first is about training while injured, the second is about nutrition and rest while injured, and the third is a better way (IMO) to probably maintain your upper body pressing muscles than benching while injured...have fun reading, they're all good articles. Pick and choose what to use.
http://www.t-nation.com/article/most_recent/creating_a_training_effect_when_youre_injured
http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1728164
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_bodybuilding/exercise_of_the_week_the_iso_pushup
This is actually the route that I've decided on. I'm doing some light(I mean LIGHT) rotations to test things out once a week or so, but other than that, I'm not lifting. Except for at work, but I can't control that too much.I just think that, in the long run, it's better to rest and completely recover before you get back into your lifting. It sucks not to be able to lift, and you might lose some size and strength (which shouldn't take too long to recover), but that is much better than being injured for a longer duration of time than you have to (which could happen if you aggravate your injury).
Yeah, I left because the forums there are fcuked. They are totally argumentative pissing contests most of the time, IMO.The rotator had been injured before at work. As far as the rowing thing, I alternate sets between pushing and pulling to keep myself balanced. i just re-injured it by benching.
Good links, those. I used to be active on t-nation, but the bull**** just got too deep. I just read the articles sometimes now.
Thanks everyone!
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I really like the time release BA, but other than that, they just aren't anything special.
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