cracked neck during incline bench, should i worry?

[anonymous-user]

1st day back at gym since last Thursday and maybe I was rushing too much to do a proper warm up and during my 2nd set of medium weight incline dumbell presses I heard a crack from my neck and now it aches when I move it.

I stopped exercising immediately to try and limit any damage.

Is this common or just my own stupidity ?

[Hoofy]

Doing such exercises does tend to make you tense your neck. It was discussed quite recently on here.

[anonymous-user]

Getting stiffer as the day goes on ( the neck that is)
No doubt it will feel like my spine has been fused by morning!

[mattikake]

Incline DB lifts will target your Traps amongst other muscles and these are involved in neck movements as well as elevating your shoulders - same muscle, different motor units. The incline has certainly hit a large part of your Traps and may have affected anything right up to your Atlas bone at the top of your neck where your Traps insert.

Now you know why you should always warm-up and/or perform mobility exercises before your main weight set! Warm-up is an rse, but you do it for a reason.

Rest. Start training light when the stiffness has gone. If the stiffness (if stiffness is all it is!) doesn't go in a few days, see a doc.

[andrewh]

What should one do to warm up?

[Long Drax]

andrewh said:

What should one do to warm up?

Wear a scarf.

[Ordinary_Chap]

andrewh said:

What should one do to warm up?

A set of bar only weights high reps but being careful to not over do it on the warm up, then some stretching when the muscles are warmed up.

I then do a first set of weights with about 30% of my max on the bar before moving up the weight.

[spikeyhead]

1974nc said:

Is this common or just my own stupidity ?

Why should stupidity not be common?

[okgo]

I did this, aching goes after a few days. It hurts at the time.

[anonymous-user]

Aching just about gone now but that'll teach me!