Pressing exercises to begin when shoulder bursitis nearly healed

[JoePaul39]

Been recovery from shoulder bursitis for a little under two month resting my shoulder by refraining from pressing in the gym. My doctor has now given me the go ahead to start pressing. I’m gonna start with lower weights, but I also want to start with whatever chest presses will give the least tension to my shoulder bursitis.

Which lift would be easier on my bursitis, hammer Strength machine bench presses or dumbbell bench presses? Not sure which one has less shoulder involvement.

Also between incline hammer strength bench machine and regular hammer strength bench machine would one be less hard on bursitis than the other or both he same? Finally, similar question about dumbbell bench presses. Would one be less hard on the bursitis between incline dumbbell bench press or flat?

 

[LondonerTWBULLY]

Your body will tell you what’s best, stretch after every set and go as light as you can hammer is always easier on shoulders for me but if light no reason not to everything in moderation as you’ll benefit from building strength up.
I had tendinitis on shoulder it was from overstretching shoulder when lifting heavy on butterfly.
I’ve since realised i can close butterfly a level making it easy without overstretch.
pressing shouldn’t be a problem, for me it was butterfly or rear dealt where rotating shoulder that led to problems.
Hope things go well for you, i used Dianabol to help rid my tendinitis and it worked but I have ocd and am unbearable to be around unless I go gym everyday.
Goodluck

 

[Rad83]

It’s rough man, I been there, ya know…

Gotta commit to rehab/rebuilding, and it’s probably gonna take throughout the rest of fall and winter….(I just spent spring and summer doing that, and now I’ve got some inner elbow pain thats hopefully on its way out!)

So yeah, there’s no “hitting new pr’s,” that I know you like…It’s getting the movement patterns back, and little strength increases from week to week.

Get a light weight band and do flies, rear delt flies, rotator cuff, and ‘over and back’ stretches with it at home daily and at the gym when warming up…It’s helped me and become part of my routine. I got one for 5 bucks at Burlington.

I like and still like, neutral grip dumbbell with the bench at 30 degrees. As well as decline barbell. (There’s a specific chest machine at my gym that I used when I was just coming back and it’s got a foot lever that gets the weight into position, no idea if LAF has it)
I like machines but they can be a “one size fits all” sort of thing and free weights allow you to do so much more with your specific rom….Go light and high rep. It ain’t a powerlifting contest and no one cares what you’re lifting

 

[JoePaul39]

It’s rough man, I been there, ya know…

Gotta commit to rehab/rebuilding, and it’s probably gonna take throughout the rest of fall and winter….(I just spent spring and summer doing that, and now I’ve got some inner elbow pain thats hopefully on its way out!)

So yeah, there’s no “hitting new pr’s,” that I know you like…It’s getting the movement patterns back, and little strength increases from week to week.

Get a light weight band and do flies, rear delt flies, rotator cuff, and ‘over and back’ stretches with it at home daily and at the gym when warming up…It’s helped me and become part of my routine. I got one for 5 bucks at Burlington.

I like and still like, neutral grip dumbbell with the bench at 30 degrees. As well as decline barbell. (There’s a specific chest machine at my gym that I used when I was just coming back and it’s got a foot lever that gets the weight into position, no idea if LAF has it)
I like machines but they can be a “one size fits all” sort of thing and free weights allow you to do so much more with your specific rom….Go light and high rep. It ain’t a powerlifting contest and no one cares what you’re lifting

Ya I have been doing cable flyes and crossovers with no pain so want to progress to pressing now for the chest. I normally do bench presses, but am going to avoid those till at least till I’m fully healed and save those for last as free weight bench presses put more stress on the shoulders than hammer strength machine chest presses or dumbbell chest presses.

 

[slickwillie]

It’s rough man, I been there, ya know…

Gotta commit to rehab/rebuilding, and it’s probably gonna take throughout the rest of fall and winter….(I just spent spring and summer doing that, and now I’ve got some inner elbow pain thats hopefully on its way out!)

So yeah, there’s no “hitting new pr’s,” that I know you like…It’s getting the movement patterns back, and little strength increases from week to week.

Get a light weight band and do flies, rear delt flies, rotator cuff, and ‘over and back’ stretches with it at home daily and at the gym when warming up…It’s helped me and become part of my routine. I got one for 5 bucks at Burlington.

I like and still like, neutral grip dumbbell with the bench at 30 degrees. As well as decline barbell. (There’s a specific chest machine at my gym that I used when I was just coming back and it’s got a foot lever that gets the weight into position, no idea if LAF has it)
I like machines but they can be a “one size fits all” sort of thing and free weights allow you to do so much more with your specific rom….Go light and high rep. It ain’t a powerlifting contest and no one cares what you’re lifting

Good advice. Not much to add. Best thing for my shoulders is to avoid machines, and use a multi-grip Swiss bar or dumbbells for pressing. I’ve stopped using a pronated grip on a straight barbell and my shoulders are better for it.

 

[Smont]

I been dealing with shoulder problems on and off the past few years, what I found to work best is.

1. Forget exercises you think are necessary, if it hurts don't do it. Only pain free exercises.

2.higher reps 12-20, ya if I'm feeling froggy il still go for a 6-8 rep set here and there but not very often.

3. I did good with higher frequency, one day dedicated to shoulders as the main body part and a second day where I woul do 2 shoulder exercises after chest.

I also do rotator cuff exercises before shoulders and will hang from a bar to stretch it out.

 

[Smont]

If your shoulder in a really bad place I would start with the rotator cuff exercises, super light with bands and 2-5lb dumbbells. Then pick 1 or 2 pain free exercises and work on bring your strength back up in the higher rep ranges.

Don't go to failure, don't do too much volume, just get back into the swing of it and slowly work the weights back up