View Bench Press Shoulder Injury Pictures. Additional injuries include bench press shoulder impingement and labrum tears. When it comes to shoulder pain, it's usually the gradual and progressive accumulation of damage that's responsible.
I don't recommend bench pressing like this at all, even though it tends to be the default way some people learn to bench press. There are a few reasons why you might be having shoulder pain during bench press that doesn't involve an injury. But if there was, it would be the bench press.
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A simple test is whether you can bring your hand backwards past your shoulder as though you were going to get something out of the back seat. If you experience any pain. A lot of shoulder injuries result from raw (no bench shirt) lifters trying to emulate the style of geared lifters. It's rarely the case, with the exception of a traumatic injury, that one single exercise is to blame.