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shoulder pain during pushups

chillyinbc Posts: 1 Joined: 2006/06/29	2006/07/07, 02:45 PM Whenever I try to do pushups, I experience pain in my right shoulder. I injured the rotator in this shoulder years ago and have had problems with it from time to time since then. What can I do or is there any other exercise I can do instead of pushups? :)
jane1327 Posts: 6 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/08, 09:21 PM I couldn't do push ups well for years after I had a car wreck. This may not work for you, but if you have access, swimming worked great for me. There wasn't a hard resistance but the water resistance and the motion was enough to strengthen that area. Also, if you have a stability ball, try doing push ups on it. They seem to be easier to me.
jane1327 Posts: 6 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/08, 09:21 PM I couldn't do push ups well for years after I had a car wreck. This may not work for you, but if you have access, swimming worked great for me. There wasn't a hard resistance but the water resistance and the motion was enough to strengthen that area. Also, if you have a stability ball, try doing push ups on it. They seem to be easier to me.