last night I'm doing heavy seated dumbbell presses at the end of my workout, stupidly.
In my last set, on my left delt, I heard a little 'pop' and I dropped the weight.
Today it's very stiff. I still have full functional ability to move, but there is definitely this very odd, stiff pain in it. I can still lift with it. I moved 30 pound DBs over head with no problem. So it's nothing torn (I don't think).
I have health ins, but really don't want to go in right away. If they put me in a sling, I can't play guitar, and that's my job. So I really need this to heal ASAP.
Any thoughts/advice? Ice for the first 24 horus, then heat? What supplements (if any) will help the healing process? A small bit of skelaxin or ibuprofin for the pain/muscle inflammation? I'm praying it's just a small strain, but being precautious. thanks