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Oly Clean pain

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    Mickey
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    Hi All,

    I've got a question about collarbone pain while practising oly clean.
    I've googled this newsgroup before, but I couldn't find anything
    related to it.

    The pain is in the corner of my left collarbone, where the bone a bit
    sticking out (I'm not sure the perfect term for it), and in the neck
    muscle directly adjacent to it. I can feel the pain when I touch that
    area and sometimes when my seatbelt in the car brushed that area. The
    area also darkened a bit (not anymore though). The pain came and went.
    Sometimes, I feel it very much, other times I don't.

    I practice oly lifts three times a week, including power clean/push
    jerk/front squat each times. Does it mean a flaw in my technique, or is
    it quite common? I'm thinking that the pain may be caused by I bang the
    barbell to my collarbone, but Im not too sure. These days I tried not
    to let the barbell bang that area, but as the result I lost the groove
    or it hit my adam's apple.

    Can somebody tell me what to do with the pain? I normally put on some
    deep heating rub after my practices and at night daily. It seems to
    help a bit, but not removing it at all. Of course, the option of not
    doing clean is completely out of the picture! 🙂

    FYI, I just started to do oly lifts about 3-4 months ago, so I'm very
    much a beginner.

    Thanks in advance.

    Michael A.

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  2. Bob Falooley
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    Most likely, you are smacking your collarbone with the bar at the top of
    the clean when you catch the bar. Congratulations, at least you are
    catching it up on your soulders, and not down in front of the shoulders
    with just your wrists.

    My suggestion would be to practice front squats. When doing these you
    should find the best place for the bar to rest up on your shoulders. It
    may touch your collar bone, but your collar bone should not be
    supporting the weight.

    Now you have your groove, when you clean, try to get the bar to land in
    that sweet spot.

    When I was about 3-4 months into learning cleans I remember having
    bruises on my collarbones, I thought they were cool.

    Watch your volume, never do sets of more than 5.

    --Falooley

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  3. Mickey
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    Thanks Bob. I've been doing front squat also. I think the combination
    of clean, push (press/jerk), and front squat is what caused it. I
    notice that everytime the pain lessened, I went to practise and it
    started again.

    I'm going to see a doctor to have it checked. I hope the solution is
    not something serious.

    Thanks again,

    Michael A.

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