Collar bone pain while benching

Pain & Rehab Forum [Moderated]
1

Hello,

Lately I have been experiencing diffuse bilateral collar bone pain while benching. Its less noticeable during the set but the pain/discomfort becomes significant once I re-rack and lasts for a few seconds afterward. It hasn’t bothered me outside of bench press (yet) but it is definitely impeding my ability to progress bench press. Any thoughts on whats going on? Thank you.

2

Sorry to hear about this.

It sounds like the kind of issue that’s addressed in this article: Pain in Training: What To Do?

Following the included advice around adjusting training loads and volumes, using a bit more exercise variation, and patience/time should help allow this to resolve.