Bench Press Shoulder Pain (INSTANT RELIEF!)

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Speed up joint recovery between workouts with this… http://athleanx.com/x/repair-your-joints Feeling shoulder pain during a dumbbell bench press is actually an all too common thing. Some say that this comes from an imbalance in the rotator cuff in your shoulder (which it can be) or in many cases, inflammation of the biceps tendon. In this video, I’m going to show you an tweak you can make to your bench press grip to gain immediate relief of your shoulder pain during the dumbbell press. Bench press pain in the shoulder can come from many different things. When the source is biceps tendonitis (or a torn labrum for that matter), you are getting an over activation of the biceps tendon as it develops tension to try and support your shoulder during the press. This tension pulls on the biceps or the attachment at the superior labrum and this can lead to immediate pain. You can combat this discomfort however by changing the way you perform the db bench press. Instead of gripping the dumbbells so that they are parallel to the ceiling and floor, tip the pinkies up toward the ceiling (or the bottom of the dumbbell) throughout the entire movement. The positioning of the dumbbell this way will slightly increase the activation of the triceps. Through reciprocal inhibition, you are going to decrease some over the tension in the already inflamed biceps tendon. This should lead to an immediate relief of the discomfort felt in the shoulder during the bench press. While some would t

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