Clavicle Pain

Whenever I do parallel dips now, I get pains in the clavicle.

I remembered in the past I had it when I did bench dips then it went away when I did parallel dips with the assistant machine, and still no pain after I developed enough strength to do parallel dips. That was over a year ago when I could do parallel dips, and now only about 3 weeks, the pain has started to come back. Does it matter if I work through the pain?

go see a physio.
ignoring pain wont solve the problem.
i did before and made it worse. i still havent recovered.
u know the difference between good and bad pain.
with all injuryies, prevention is the best cure, but failing that, the sooner its dealt with, the better

After a few months: 

Weight: 177lbs

6 reps 
Deadlift: 300lbs
Squat: 240lbs
Bench: on hold. Rotator cuff injury 

^^ Heed the wisdom ^^

If there's any inflammation going on, trying to work through it will make it worse.  Also, you might want to consider a move with a less severe attack angle at the bottom of the rep, like decline bench presses.  Parallel dips put a deeper stretch on the pectorals and the whole front deltoid group than just about any other move -and given the relatively large amount of weight used (assuming you're hitting them without the assist), they can really wreak havoc on your shoulder joints.

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Some people have problems and some dont.

Do not however turn to Decline bench press, its a waste of time. If your experiencing pain, check how far your really going down, perhaps you need to limit your ROM until said pain goes away. Staying slightly above parallel may cause the pain to cease.

Other options would be to stick to flat bench, push ups, flyes to hit the lower portion of the chest. Stop the dips for awhile and return after 2-4 weeks and see if your still experiencing the pain.

Also work on stretching your shoulders and chest after your workouts, this should help as well.

6'3"  @213

Squat 1x20x275

press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

"The only failure that is final is to stop trying to improve"

I'm thinking of just removing dips all together, and doing pushups with a backpack, although that's gonna be quite difficult.

You could replace them with close grip bench presses.

Rippetoe says to replace them (if you can't do dips) with decline bench presses with dumbells and a vertical wrist positioning.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

Rippetoe says bodyweight exercises are better ;)....if we cud add weight to them easily

Rippetoe this, Rippetoe that :)... Joking

But in seriousness, I think I might try doing pushups. I'll have to find a backpack. :). I hope gym has one. I mean I already bring fractional plates, and now backpacks?? :)

LOL I don't even like Rippetoe to be honest. I was just saying that's what he recommended as a substitution for dips.

Weighted Push ups are alright, but I do them on an iron gym with my wrists semi-pronated.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant