Odd Shoulder Injury

In case anyone on here is a SCUBA Diver as well, I recently bounced back from an injury that I thought started in the gym. Unfortunately, the injury actually started in the water. After taking a diving vacation, I came back to the real world and decided to go back to lifting and working out. My shoulder was very sore the next day, but I assumed that since I had been out for a week, it was just normal acid build up. However, I was unable to lift any significant amount of weight for three weeks without the feeling of being stabbed. The x-ray and MRI revealed nothing. Fast forward two months and I came to the conclusion that I had been bent. This is when a gas bubble forms in your body and can land anywhere is chooses. For me, it was my shoulder. After diving a few more times with a high oxygen, the pain immediately went away.



All of this to remind myself, and anyone else who cares, that an injury may manifest itself in the gym; but may not have started there. Just thought I would share.

Odd Shoulder Injury