Why Does The Front Of My Shoulder Hurt When I Do Pushups & How Do I Fix This?

Push-ups are a great exercise to add to your routine regardless of what your goals are. They require no equipment, and engage plenty of muscles to give you a solid workout burn. But sometimes pushu-ps cause an ache or pain in the front of your shoulder whenever you attempt them. What is this caused by and how can you get rid of it? In this video, A.J. answers this question from a scientific perspective.

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Posture was doing it for me. Fixed tons of issues by just not slouching anymore.

[danielhansen]

You’re a genius bro, that shoulder exercise gave me a whole new perspective on how to do a good push-up and fix my posture

[overseastraveller]

That quick shoulder exercise is so easy yet effective.
I did other exercises and was always over compensating how far I should retract my shoulders for the 'optimal' or 'correct' shoulder position.
Thank you!

[bigneiltoo]

I tore my glenoid labrum in a shoulder dislocation and it hurts in the front now 4 months later. Finally can do one pain-free push up now in rehab.

[YusufTM_]

I had my arms wide apart and did 1 pushup and now I am here

[onicgames]

HOLY CRAP, ever since quarantine I’ve only been on a chair slouched literally for a year, now coming out of that i have some bad effects. Bad posture, something weird but in sit-ups neck pains which is primarily because of my posture and while doing sit ups tricep/shoulder pain this has helped me a lot and has definitely reminded me how i can fix my posture. Thank you.

[Eeeesaaaaaaa]

omg thx sooo much straight after this i did some exercises for a few minutes and i can now do push ups easily without any pain whatsoever. Just focus on your joints posture and formation also practise by doing some push ups on the wall or other surfaces!

[Das]

2:38 Great video, I want to to ask if re-establishing that good posture is just putting your shoulders back and down as many of the physiotherapists says or the shrugging before that makes the difference here? Just want to know cuz when I do it with the shrugs I feel much more contraction between my shoulder blades than just putting them back and down.

[deepanshu]

I attempted after a long time, it did hurt while doing it but I still have the mild pain after a day

[seniknine]

Cool. I think I was just doing my pushups with my elbows toooo close to my body.
I rarely feel any exhaustion in my pecs or anywhere else. But my shoulders would always feel like they were on fire.
I'm going to focus more on my posture during pushups in my training. Hopefully this helps!

[amanda]

Trying to master push ups..did this and instantly felt in my chest! Thanks!

[ibellion]

Thanks for this. I do pushups and can do about 35 pushups in a minute but after I hit like 10 my shoulders starts feeling like something is about to tear in my shoulder and the pain while pushing back up is so immense

[sgtbreacher]

Yep had this issue, figured it out after a while, sadly not from you, but you are correct 10/10 !

[ReviloARTZ]

I get pain in the back of the shoulder when i retract the shoulderblades

[UniProxOfficial]

Man it worked! Wow! 😮 I'm amazed 😄 Thanks a lot ✨

[Jezuzss]

about that shoulders backj and down position, this doesnt seem to be up to date anymore since a lot of big fitness channels advise to open your shoulderblades at the top position of the push up

[brandondoesit]

No more pain immediately after doing the shoulder shrug exercise

[tumz]

From my expereince of doing push ups my chest hurt at first until i kept doing it more and it stops hurting and my chest grew bigger

[dinosaur]

This is perfect, and thank you. I took a long break after long time of shoulder pain, I hope this will get me back to 100+ reps in a workout

[YungBakugo]

I need help I do everything that u said but still can’t feel my chest at all it’s all in my shoulders