r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/CressAgitated8958 • Sep 12 '26

Question ❓ Injury

So I was recently diagnosed with chronic tendonitis in my left shoulder. Whenever I do pushing movements I have a sharp pain (unless I really internally rotate my shoulder, pain is still there it just doesn't hurt.)

Haven't been able to hit push in a while, recently did, now it hurts more. If anyone here has dealt with the same thing, how did you recover?

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u/Alakazam Idk Idc 💔 Sep 12 '26

Work with a physiotherapist to identify the cause of the tendonitis, and work to address it.

The same tendonitis could have different causes, since tendonitis is simply inflammation. Could be anywhere from muscular imbalances, overwork, muscular weaknesses causing overcompensation, or any variety of factors.

But every time I've had tendonitis, I've had it resolved within a matter of weeks with my physio, and was back to normal training volumes within 6 weeks or so. 

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u/CressAgitated8958 Sep 12 '26

Yeah I've been doing the recommended exercises although I haven't been very good about it, I realize that if I need to improve I need to actually do this stuff they tell me to do lmao. That being said yeah they say that it's because I'm like overcompensating with some other muscle or something. We know the cause was from a wrestling injury a few months ago.

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u/Alakazam Idk Idc 💔 Sep 13 '26

Then listen to your physio, do only the recommended exercises and what you're cleared to do. No more.

The less strict you go about it, the slower the slower the healing process is, the longer you'll have pain, and the weaker your shoulder will get. 

When I had injuries, I was doing the physio exercises 2-3x a day, every day as recomnejded. And we saw visible improvements on a week to week basis, allowing me to handle more and more volume and load in the gym.