I dont know if yall can help me out but I figured I would ask. Going to give some back story first.
I commute an hour to work, I work in a paint and body shop, so the gym I go to is in the same city I work in, so I can train on my lunch break. I live in a rural area and this is the only gym around here that has a decent barbell section.
About 6-7 weeks ago I picked up a side job painting a 40 ft RV Camper. Worked 6 days a week 11-12 hour days, between my regular work and working on the Camper, for 2 weeks. As with anything that big I was working above my head a lot, holding my sander, or my spray gun when painting.
During this time I was not training, and I have not really since then because I have developed some pretty bad shoulder pain. Extremely painful for me to get into the low bar position, painful but doable to get into the high bar position. I can bench and over head press ok, the press feels better than bench. Raising my arms above my head, and holding weight anove my head doesnt hurt, but I experience pain when lowering the weight down, also reaching behind me, say in my car, trying to scratch my upper back, washing my hair.
I have friend in sports medicine and athletic prosthetics. He gave me instructions for some at home tests with my wife and thinks I have injured infraspinatus, to what extent he is unsure, obviously. His suggestion was your typical rotator cuff exercises with bands and suggested some sort of neoprene type brace that covers my whole shoulder and goes down to my elbow for support.
My main concern is recovery because of my job. I can’t not work for many weeks, and movements in my job, such as sanding with an outstretched arm in a circular motion, dont seem to be helping. I has been nearly 8 weeks at this point with moderate,at best, improvement.
I am asking here for second opinions and a barbell oriented prescription if possible.
Sorry for the long-winded post.
Thanks guys.
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