"@Jim – Are you saying the one arm swings with the 24 is causing you rhomboid pain? And how would you describe the pain? What happens if you use a 16 or 20? I’m just trying to see if it’s a load dependent thing or a form/mobility thing. I can’t diagnose you either way, but am definitely interested. Good to hear you’re being smart."
Joe,
For years now I have had pain in the area of the left rhomboid, especially if I don't stay "tight" in one armed swings. The pain feels muscular, but it is around the area which makes some cracking noises when I do halos. When really bad, it hurts some to breath and also when I put my right arm out. The 16 doesn't seem to bother it but one armed swings with the 20 in any volume sure does. It hurts very slightly now (as it always does) as I just completed my 10 X 10 two-handed swings.
I have discussed this with my SFG Mike Lindner, and we have decided to just keep me doing two-handed swings for now for my S&S regimen. I will be getting a therapeutic massage soon to see if that will help.
I am coming up on 65 years old so "issues" are no stranger to me. I've learned to deal with them carefully and just press on (pun not intended). My mobility is excellent, even in that shoulder, so I suspect it is a structural thing. My father was in a car accident at about my age and when some hospital attendants moved him from a gurney to a bed they dislocated both shoulders, creating a problem that plagued him until he died. Shoulder issues seem, therefore, to be somewhat genetic. Not an excuse, just a fact.
If all I can do is achive the simple or sinister goals doing two-handed swings, at age 65 I'll take it.
Jim