Shoulder issues

Hi there! First I’d like to thank you for starting Barbell Medicine and sharing valuable information with community through social media.

I somehow hurt my shoulder swimming butterfly 6 months ago, I was running my LP then. I had a dull - achy pain in front of my shoulder for 2 weeks. It was clicking and popping when I moved it. The pain eventually subsided to a point that I actually experience no more pain now. But I still have that bizarre pops and clicks whenever I externally rotate my shoulder or extend my arm beyond midline, feels like my ROM is limited. It used to move more freely prior to that incident. Then I got my MRI done, just to check out whether there is a structural abnormality in my shoulder. MRI result confirmed that there was no structural deformity except slight edema in the anterior part of supraspinatus belly and my orthopedician said that I need no specific treatment and advised me not to ‘put that shoulder under stress’. I am currently following the Bridge and can squat, deadlift, bench, press overhead and do pullups pain-free. But I get those pops more often during my workouts and that really bothers me.

Would you recommend going for an arthroscopy or should I continue training without thinking about it?

You should not go for arthroscopy, and the surgeon probably shouldn’t even offer you arthroscopy either.

You need to stop worrying about the pops.

Check out this thread: https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/fo…ut-noisy-knees

PS - nice username :slight_smile:

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Thank you!

I thought the same thing. haha. :slight_smile: