Chest/ shoulder pain- is this normal???

Femilaxx1xo
Femilaxx1xo Posts: 66 Member
edited May 2019 in Health and Weight Loss
I haven’t been doing weights in a month. On Monday I started the gym. It’s not my first time in the gym. Before joining the gym I was active in sports. Anyways, Monday was upper body day. I did the chest press machine and the shoulder press machine. I kinda went heavy on them. I shouldn’t have. Maybe my form wasn’t right. Idk... Yesterday I woke up having sore upper chest and shoulders but it’s my right side that hurt the most. Left side is bit sore. This morning the pain wasn’t there. I went to the gym and today was lower body day. After I came home, my right side of the shoulder and upper chest hurt. Is this like normal??? Ugh idk what to do. I’m gonna wait and see for a week. If it’s not better, I’m going to see the doctor.

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  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Sounds like you just over did it. Baby steps.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    It's normal to be sore for some days after overdoing it at the gym, yes. What does the soreness feel like? Is it a muscular sort of pain or an ache in the joint? Does it feel bruised if you poke it?
  • Femilaxx1xo
    Femilaxx1xo Posts: 66 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    Sounds like you just over did it. Baby steps.

    Yeahhh, wish I didnt😣
  • Femilaxx1xo
    Femilaxx1xo Posts: 66 Member
    edited May 2019
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    It's normal to be sore for some days after overdoing it at the gym, yes. What does the soreness feel like? Is it a muscular sort of pain or an ache in the joint? Does it feel bruised if you poke it?

    It’s more of an ache. When I try to do shoulder circles it hurts. When I try to put that arm up, it hurts. 😣
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Femilaxx1xo wrote: »
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    It's normal to be sore for some days after overdoing it at the gym, yes. What does the soreness feel like? Is it a muscular sort of pain or an ache in the joint? Does it feel bruised if you poke it?

    It’s more of an ache. When I try to do shoulder circles it hurts. When I try to put that arm up, it hurts. 😣

    Oops. That does sound like you've damaged something, rather than normal muscle overuse. I'd be side-eyeing your rotator cuff, but I say that purely from personal experience rather than any kind of medical knowledge. I think your plan to see a doctor is wise; the anatomy of the shoulder joint makes it surprisingly easy to turn an acute injury into a chronic one.
  • Femilaxx1xo
    Femilaxx1xo Posts: 66 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    Femilaxx1xo wrote: »
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    It's normal to be sore for some days after overdoing it at the gym, yes. What does the soreness feel like? Is it a muscular sort of pain or an ache in the joint? Does it feel bruised if you poke it?

    It’s more of an ache. When I try to do shoulder circles it hurts. When I try to put that arm up, it hurts. 😣

    Oops. That does sound like you've damaged something, rather than normal muscle overuse. I'd be side-eyeing your rotator cuff, but I say that purely from personal experience rather than any kind of medical knowledge. I think your plan to see a doctor is wise; the anatomy of the shoulder joint makes it surprisingly easy to turn an acute injury into a chronic one.

    Yeahhh😣 I’m gonna see a doctor

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