bad shoulder pain when doing cable lateral raises

[macedonpsycho]

any idea on what might be causing this and how to fix this? rotator cuff?

 

[RealNinja]

The nature of cables and machines is that they lock you into a certain movement pattern, which can aggravate impingements or cause injuries sometimes. Cables also keep tension applied throughout the entire movement.

Before doing any shoulder exercise, I always hit a few sets of light facepulls, and cable or dumbbell rotator cuff warmups. Set a cable at face height and attach a D handle to it, grab handle and form L shape with your arm like you’re flexing your bicep. Rotate arm backwards as far as you can go, return to start position, and do it again. Do this light weight 3x10. Set a cable at waist height with a D handle attached. Stand with your torso parallel to the cable, grab the handle and rotate outwards, 3x10 with light weight. Rope facepulls 3x10, light weight.

This warmup might help you. Keep in mind that you probably don’t need to be using above like 10-12lbs on cable lateral raises unless you’re a huge deltgod. If cables are still giving you issues just do them with dumbbells as your shoulders can move freely.