Muscle Imbalances

[Mini0n]

Hello everyone here, i'm in need of a serious help here. I noticed right upper back muscle connecting to the traps are bigger than left side. When i " tighten " the muscle, right traps appear to be bigger than left. What should i do now? Is there any way to balance it or there is nothing i can do about it?

More info: 1 year back, i first started working out at the gym, and i did alternating dumbbell curls. However, i was in a sitting position, placing the elbow at knees with the hand that is lifting the weight, then alternate to the other hand. It was probably i accidentally used the back muscles back then, and slowly the back muscle developed bigger. As i noticed this, i immediately stopped working out since then, until 2 months back i started working out again, however i'm afraid to train traps now. That is one of the reasons i could think of that lead to this muscle imbalance.

Another reason could be that when i worked out traps, i was concentrating more on the right side and hence leading to muscle imbalance, even though i was carrying dumbbells on both hands and doing shoulder shrugs together.

Dear experts here, please tell me what can i do now.. Is it possible to make the muscle balance again??

[swanso5]

most people have a bigger side whether it be leg, chest, arm whatever

i can assure you you didn't get a bigger trap from doing concentration curls either

if your really concerned about how it looks (although i don't think you should be) then you'll have to train the opposite side at least, to even them up

[ultimatehlth]

Yeah, swanso5 is right, no one is perfectly symmetrical. Has anyone else noticed it...ask them. Also it could be a posture issue. Look in the mirror and see if one shoulder is higher than the other, it's pretty common. Second have someone look to see if your torso is slightly rotated to one side. If it's postural it can likely be corrected and or at least improved and if it's muscular you can always change your workouts to compensate. Use dumbbells rather than barbells when you work and do antagonistic muscle groups for example (chest/lats) on the same day.