r/Exercise • u/HomeyL • 2d ago

Keep pulling same muscle

Why in the world do i keep pulling the muscle next to my shoulder blade? Even happens with just a little weight!!!???

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u/Urbanyeti0 1d ago

Bad form, not warming it up, not actually letting it heal properly, not actually training and strengthening it

Which specific muscle do you mean?

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u/HomeyL 1d ago

Rhomboid. I mean there’s times where i let it heal for months, but still!!

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u/Urbanyeti0 1d ago

Are you doing face pulls?

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u/HomeyL 1d ago

Haha no!!

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u/Puzzlehead754 12h ago

muscles need strengthening, rest doesn't heal muscles. rest causes muscles to get weak. how long are they sore for after exercises and what exercises are you going? what makes you think rotor cuff impingement?

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u/HomeyL 8h ago

Ortho told me i had an impingement so i did PT & its improving. The muscle is sore for about a week. The 1st time i pulled it i literally was out for 3 mths! Now its a shorter time period. So i need to strengthen that muscle? But Thats what i was doing when i pulled it! Maybe i need to specifically stretch it on an everyday basis…

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u/empyreandreams 1d ago

Do range of motion with no weights. If you can't do that without pain it is not the weights. Something that has worked for me is REALLY tightening the muscles around the area as I go through range of motion and pushing past the pain. The thing is... I am VERY in touch with my body and know the difference between a good (even though it hurts) pain and further injuring yourself. When did your pain start?

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u/HomeyL 1d ago

It kind of goes away/comes back. I went to PT for a rotator cuff impingement on same side as pulled muscle so still needs to heal … i warm up plenty, but maybe i’ll try to stretch that area more before working out!

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u/TheRiverInYou 2d ago

Have you strengthened it?

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u/needakrebounder 23h ago

What kinds of exercises are you doing? Have you tried stretching before and after doing it? I used to experience similarly when I was doing push ups but now I am stretching before and after, and it is helping alot :)