Pain when doing dips...?

[MarginWalker79]

recently whenever i do dips i get this sharp pain right under my collar bone on the right side. it's only on that side and it's only when i do dips, nothing else. never even had that area pulled/strained before, not that i've noticed at least. any clue why/how this has happened and what i can do to correct it. someone told me it could be because it's a weak spot on my chest muscle and doing more incline bench would help. but i've been doing dips for a long time and have never had this problem till about a month ago.

thanks

brett

[Daywalker]

Could you please describe the spot more exactly, or post a picture with a mark on the spot?

 

Probably the biceps tendon, but can't be sure without more detailed info (the collar bone is long ).

[MarginWalker79]

put your finger on your right nipple and go straight up till you hit your collarbone, now move your finger to the right toward your arm about 2 inches. right about there. now that i do that and really press and imagine where the pain is when i do it, i'm thinking it's in my shoulder muscle? i'll consult someone in person pretty soon but i thought since i was sitting here looking on this board i should go ahead and ask.

thanks

brett

[Aaron]

I've heard dips can be bad on your rotator cuffs.

 

But daywalker probably has a better idea on this than me.

[bronco]

Doing some rotatorcuff exercises can allways be a good idea. The rotatorcuffs can cause problems with all press-exercises I think, so strengthening htem a bit wouldnt hurt, probably.

[Bigbwii]

Yeah, I found that high rep dips helped me out a great deal with strengthening my shoulders/delts before I progressed to the heavy wieghted dips.