Shoulder injury (Bursitis) rehab and weight training

Pain & Rehab Forum [Moderated]
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Hello Drs and lifters

I have recently suffered from a shoulder injury after a dumb casual wrestling. This happened after a week of intesnse weight training with lots of pressing and shoulder strain. After visiting the doctor, he prescribed Naproxen that I took for 10 days twice per day (as he instructed). After physical examination he concluded there is inflammation but never said it is Bursitis. However, after doing some research it seems to be the case (pain when raising the arm, limited range of motion etc.). What can I do to speed up the recovery and go back to the weightroom as soon as possible? I have been looking up some exercises and have done some modified facepulls that seem to be painfree and aiding my condition. I tried benching lightly last week but it elevated the pain a bit.

Cheers

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When did the injury occur? How has it been progressing since? Already returned to the weight room or still holding off?

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Sorry to hear about the pain, how much are you moving the arm at all? (not talking about heavy weights at all) Can you do empty bar work pain free? My advice would be to drop everything down as low as you need to in order to be able to stay moving, unfortunately sometimes you have to take a very steep drop, again look to modify as you can (E.G. if low bar squat bothers you can you high bar squat for the time being?) Its easy to read and hear about pain, its definitely hard to deal with some of this when you are the one going through it. I would encourage not to get down and know this is a normal occurrence, keep us updated