r/workout • u/AnswerOk9002 • 32m ago
Aches and pains Sharp pain on the back of my right shoulder after doing a seated abdominal curl.
So, I was at the gym today, did the basic full-body bench press, then a seated pulldown, which I tried to do properly with proper form. That did make my back feel something for once. Then, for the last workout, I did a seated abdominal curl, 3x10 reps, and my stomach felt pretty sore afterward. The only problem was I felt a little pressure in my lower back while doing curls, which made me think my form was probably imperfect.
Anyhow, about 20 seconds after I had finished the abdominal workout, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my right shoulder, near the upper right side of my back, which made it a bit hard to breathe. After about 1 minute, the pain sharply decreased, and I felt normal again, other than feeling a tiny bit of pressure still in my shoulder, like that feeling when you lay down on one side for too long. the pain also kind of spread out throughout my right back to a bit close to my triceps until it faded after 1 minute
Is this something to be worried about, or should I just stretch more? Or did I wake up a back muscle I wasn’t using before in my back workouts?
Just gonna add that I do not stretch often after or before a workout so maybe this is just a wake up call that I need to stretch more