shoulder/upper arm pain

[ckline]

I've been doing weight training at the gym the last couple of months and the last few weeks have been having pain in my left shoulder. It's a sort of dull burning from the top of the socket down the outside of my arm. It gets worse when I raise my arm.

I've cut back on the weight training -- eliminating shoulder exercises altogether, even, but the pain is still there and not getting any better.

Any ideas on what it could be and how to fix it?

[hubert9999]

i have been haveing shoulder pain for the pass 4 weeks and pain in my lift arm my littlefinger is num i think i may have pulled a muscle what can i take for pain

[Heidi]

Hi guys,

both sound a little like nerve compression to be. Any shooting or travelling pain, pains and needles or numbeness is usually nerve related.

I would recommend some stretching exercises for the upper back, neck and shoulder muscles.

If you want some ideas check out this page:

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/stretching/allstretches.php

The most likely place for the nerve entrapment is the brachial plexus, which is where a whole bundle of nerves come out of the spinal column at the base of the neck and pass down your arm. So I would also recommend some massage to the trapz especially to help loosen off any muscular tightness