Possible nerve damage?

[OLDSCHOOL50]

Im now 51 and have been training 35 years,never gota serious injury but about 1 month ago i was doing smith machines shrugs with wraps and they slid down my wrist from the sweat,weight i was using and it slid down and jerked my arm,trap downward very hard.I didnt feel anything but now my left pec cant bench a 20 pound dumbell,left tricep cant pushdown more than 30-40 pounds and i can't flex my left pec,it stays fairly soft but the right is fine and hard as rock,ANY IDEAS before i go to the DOC.

 

[big-travis]

Any pain at all/anywhere or just what you explain?

 

[Thick1]

You tore a pec muscle, I tore mine and thought it was a pinched nerve. My family doctor just put me on pain meds and anti-inflamitory drugs,when I should have gone to see a surgeon. Now my left pec lower portion sags, and really no strength. It has taken me 6 months to bench 185, when I could rep 405 before the injury. Mine occurred while doing a heavy tricep pushdown.

 

[1bigun11]

Im now 51 and have been training 35 years,never gota serious injury but about 1 month ago i was doing smith machines shrugs with wraps and they slid down my wrist from the sweat,weight i was using and it slid down and jerked my arm,trap downward very hard.I didnt feel anything but now my left pec cant bench a 20 pound dumbell,left tricep cant pushdown more than 30-40 pounds and i can't flex my left pec,it stays fairly soft but the right is fine and hard as rock,ANY IDEAS before i go to the DOC.

Also possible that you herniated disk in your neck, upper back. I did this and it pinches on nerves. One sign is if you find yourself tilting your head away from the injured side, or if raising your injured side arm helps relieve any pain.
I herniated C5 to t-1, and it was like my right pec was a total muscle failure, as my right tricep also was.

 

[Thick1]

Oldschool, what kind of pain are you experiencing?

 

[bigman1]

You more then likely hurt a disc in the back over a torn chest muscle. I would go to a good chriopractor first and have xrays and have a scan of our spine done.

do you have any redness or brusing on the chest or shoulder area? If so may be a tear as well. Most, but not all the time most tears produce a bruise or redness or swelling a day or two after the injury

 

[maldorf]

My guess too is some kind of damage in the neck/shoulder area. You most probably have impingement somewhere in the brachial plexus. this is a bunch of nerve roots that branch off and supply the upper limbs. They come off at the cerival region if I remember right. took gross anatomy at med school, but its been a long time.