Here is my story with my shoulder. I first hurt my right shoulder from an overuse injury during weightlifting in the mid-1990’s. As I look back I realize that I did not have any instruction or help on form during weightlifting. I went to PT, did the exercises I was given for a rotator cuff overuse injury and over the years my shoulder hurt off and on. In 2008 I was lifting a large and awkward item ( a big animal crate) and I felt something sort of snap in that same shoulder. After many months of PT in which the shoulder did not get better I went to orthopedics where an MRI revealed a tear in the rotator cuff. I had a surgical repair in 2009 and while the rehab and PT took many months it’s now more than 10 years later and that right shoulder has never given me another problem.

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This is a very long way of saying that physical form is very important during any kind of weightlifting. I’ve been working with a personal trainer who is very knowledgeable and corrected my form so I hopefully can work on strength without injury.