Hey guys,

I posted a topic regarding a shoulder injury I obtained while doing pull ups which almost resulted in a dislocation. I didn't dislocate my arm but the injury was similar to that which would have occurred had I dislocated it - a bankart tear. (http://www.physiobob.com/forum/patie...html#post52845)

Anyway, went for Surgery in Feb and have now recovered and am slowly getting back to exercises - My physio and another physio cleared me and said I could resume exercising.

So uh the question is that for push ups, in my school for our activities, we were told that when going down the elbows should be tucked in close to the body and that this works the arms more? Before I was told about this I was used to doing it with elbows about 45 degrees out - which we were told worked the back more?

The question now is in lieu of my shoulder injury, having just recovered, which exercise (if any) would put less strain on the shoulder? The elbow tucked in or the one with it out? I am slowly getting back into push ups (with elbow tucked in) and initially had some aches near the shoulder joint but now I do about 10 without any problems or aches the next day. Just wanna know thanks

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