Exercises with tendon inflammation

[espigao]

Hi everybody,

I have some pain in the shoulder, probably rotator cuff tendon inflammation. I had a few days rest and I'm better now, but still I shouldn't bench press.

I am training in a full body routine, and I can do push-ups, dips, but I feel it is not enough for my chest. can you recommend me more chest exercises?

thanks

 

[jarrick]

if it was a tendon, it would take weeks rather than days to recover properly. if you think it's really recovered, make sure you're including rotator cuff exercises into your routine (at the end).
as for training your pecs; supine dumbbell pec flys are good and standing crossover flys on the upright cable machines will hit it at various angles. They're isolating the pecs so add them into your compound exercises you already do. also, doing some kind of straight arm aterior flexion (like a lat pull down but with arms straight infront or using one of those ab wheels) will work the pecs and the lats.

 

[Proteinboy]

a good couple sets of weighted pushups and weighted dips should be enough to get your chest worked unless your advanced.

like 3-4 sets of 8-12 weighted pushups (if you dont want to bench...)
and 3-4 sets of 8-12 weighted dips

if you are more advanced and feel that is too easy, superset

ex:
12 reps weighted pushups
12 reps weighted dips
rest 1-2 minutes
repeat 3 times

fancy isolation stuff can be left untouched

 

[theleip]

Hi everybody,

I have some pain in the shoulder, probably rotator cuff tendon inflammation. I had a few days rest and I'm better now, but still I shouldn't bench press.

I am training in a full body routine, and I can do push-ups, dips, but I feel it is not enough for my chest. can you recommend me more chest exercises?

thanks

More likely you are not doing the movements in the right manner or aren't working the rest of your body correctly. You need to asses whether your pain came from a one time lack of focus or continuous lack of form.

What is your current routine?