neck bump from squats?

[LK3]

that ugly bump where the neck ties into the spine.

im assuming that this is from movement of a bar on shoulders doing squats and good mornings and or from time of having weight there.

ive been squatting for more then 30 years now and never really had such an issue with this but its gotten to the point of being ugly and idk who else to ask this question too.

i have the skin around the top vertibrate of my spine, between the traps where the neck ties in. maybe the bone is a little swollen too. if i squeeze it it doenst hurt or feel like much, just thickness and a bump. i feel like i have not always had this so bad, im also starting to get another bump at the base of my trap when it ties into the shoulder. this is something i have seen very pronounced on other too, that ugly head growing in the middle of the back.

clearly im doing something different with form to cause this.

solution?

rest and revisit form?

any other suggestions?
i cant be the only one bothered by the uglyness of this.

thanks guys

 

[socialdfan]

Donnie Thompson has a permanent mark across his upper back from years of squats. Have not heard of something like this though. Certain bars will scuff up my back.

 

[specter]

Meet Georgian Strong man Konstantine Janashia, people kept saying his bumps was fake, synthol etc several old school powerlifters has debunked those claims, he just squats way to much and way to heavy and with no "pussy" pad on the bar..
Only thing to do was operation, its a collection of scartissue etc and only way to remove em is thru operation.

 

[TrippplePPP]

I would refer to that as a buffalo hump. I have seen people imaged with this and its a collection of fatty tissue over the C6-C7-T1 area. I have noticed this with obese people or people with hyperkyphotic thoracic spine. I just looked it up and the internet mentions chronic elevated cortisol as potential cause. I don't think there is a remedy.

 

[mexbeast]

I would refer to that as a buffalo hump. I have seen people imaged with this and its a collection of fatty tissue over the C6-C7-T1 area. I have noticed this with obese people or people with hyperkyphotic thoracic spine. I just looked it up and the internet mentions chronic elevated cortisol as potential cause. I don't think there is a remedy.

I have seen this in people with very high stress levels, and yes i immediately think of cortisol, but i don't think that's what lk3 is referring to, i would think he is smart or knowledgeable enough to know that!

 

[LK3]

lol
luckily its nothing like that. the part in the middle is basically the same spot but nothing that big.

 

[Virtues]

 

[Josefein421]

That is not kyphosis nor from Cushing’s or cortisol

 

[Siggy]

According to GPT it could be a number of things, but no way of knowing without getting medical imaging. At the very least an ultrasound which would be the cheapest option, maybe you can ask your doc to order one.

I started squatting again after taking a month off and I am getting pain in the same area for the first time in many years. Im going to start using the neck pad.

 

[Canuck54]

I would get a large bump when I used to squat heavy every week. I was always told it was a calcium deposit but it was probably just a fibrous fat pad or something developing from the weight and twisting of the bar.

 

[Splitzz]

Fouad pointed this out a while ago on his podcast.. He didn’t have an answer for it but noticed it’s very common among bodybuilders.

 

[Mufasa123]

Never got this or seen it much. Damn. I used to have some good callouses across where I'd carry the bar especially when I was back squatting 2-3x a week.

 

[IncrelexMe]

Ride the bar low.

 

[LK3]

I would get a large bump when I used to squat heavy every week. I was always told it was a calcium deposit but it was probably just a fibrous fat pad or something developing from the weight and twisting of the bar.

putting that foam pad on seems to make some sense but i dont think i can bring myself to do it! lol
the one on my trap showed up the day after squats/goodmornings and i know the bar was rolling a little bit on the good mornings as i was warming up and getting comfortable.

the neck one had been swollen and sore too after previous leg days.

i think not putting a bar on my back is the simplest solution for now and hoping things go down a bit.
maybe ill stick some 18g needles in and squeeze!

 

[3BILLS]

insulin resistance?

 

[Canuck54]

putting that foam pad on seems to make some sense but i dont think i can bring myself to do it! lol
the one on my trap showed up the day after squats/goodmornings and i know the bar was rolling a little bit on the good mornings as i was warming up and getting comfortable.

the neck one had been swollen and sore too after previous leg days.

i think not putting a bar on my back is the simplest solution for now and hoping things go down a bit.
maybe ill stick some 18g needles in and squeeze!

I would get callouses where the bar would rub, but like you, growing up in the gym environment where the bigger guys called the foam pad the “pussy pad,” I couldn’t bring myself to do it either in my quest to fit in with them.

 

[socialdfan]

putting that foam pad on seems to make some sense but i dont think i can bring myself to do it! lol
the one on my trap showed up the day after squats/goodmornings and i know the bar was rolling a little bit on the good mornings as i was warming up and getting comfortable.

the neck one had been swollen and sore too after previous leg days.

i think not putting a bar on my back is the simplest solution for now and hoping things go down a bit.
maybe ill stick some 18g needles in and squeeze!

The EliteFTS Safety squat bar would work. The Rogue version safety bar sucks. The Transformer squat bar is also very good.

 

[rAJJIN]

I thought that is just called the squat Knot.
I know exactly what you’re talking about.

Old man in me now like the hack squat and the SSB with the front handles and big foam pad.

Even Mike Tyson used the sissy pad.

 

[Mufasa123]

I would get callouses where the bar would rub, but like you, growing up in the gym environment where the bigger guys called the foam pad the “pussy pad,” I couldn’t bring myself to do it either in my quest to fit in with them.

This is the Way.

 

[LK3]

insulin resistance?

nope
im sure its from the bar.
long sets, bar movement and out of line smith machine. i think those are the causes.

my gf was a nurse for almost 20 years she fucked with them, just thinks its fatty tissue and prob go away with time away from the activity.