Hi Bob,

I don't do Upright Rows, I haven't now for several years, I'd gotten to the point where they were simply too painful to perform; it's possible that I'm mistaking symptom for cause, but I doubt that. My Physio ran me through a series of movements to isolate the muscle in question, and he ID'd it as the Infra.

Anyway, I've now been performing the two exercises he prescribed faithfully, daily:

1) Eccentric resistance to pull, across stomach with palm down (or imagine the 'pull' movement when you tighten your belt, but in reverse), 3 sets of 15 reps, 3 times a day, 135reps total per day;

2) Shoulderblade pulls (Pulling band towards me a couple of inches, so that the shoulder blade pulls into the spine), 2 sets of 12 reps, 3 times a day, 72 times a day.

If anything, the pain in the area has WORSENED after a month, it hurts at night more often than not, and sometimes it's uncomfortable to sleep on that shoulder.

I just want to know what DOES work for this kind of injury, now we've found out what does NOT work.