I know that Kirk started a thread on this subject back in March of 2010, but I wanted to bring this up again. A week ago I strained my rhomboid major during an open water training session at Barton Springs. I have continued to swim since then, although I did take a day off during the week, and I didn't lift weights. I have used ice, Aleve, stretching, and massage, but it has yet to improve. Given that Greensboro is only a few months away, my plan is to stay in the water and swim through this. Any thoughts?
I know that Kirk started a thread on this subject back in March of 2010, but I wanted to bring this up again. A week ago I strained my rhomboid major during an open water training session at Barton Springs. I have continued to swim since then, although I did take a day off during the week, and I didn't lift weights. I have used ice, Aleve, stretching, and massage, but it has yet to improve. Given that Greensboro is only a few months away, my plan is to stay in the water and swim through this.
Any thoughts?
my first question was:
what is a rhomboid major?
then google gave me the answer,
a little muscle between your upper spine and shoulder blade
only you know can tell:
how severe the pain is
what aggrevates it
what soothes it
not sure if being tough & training through is the right call
maybe more massages and taking off several days in a row might help
ice & Aleve might lessen the symptoms but won't address the cause,
our bodies have wisdom, it raises our temps to boil a bug, it swells injured areas around joints to make them less mobile. yet we try to lower the swelling and lower temperatures
stretching could aggrevate the situation
How intense and distracting is the pain?
is it always present
does it come and go
Consider a several day break maybe it might help
When I have a strain sort of pain, I usually stop doing what aggrevates it.
My latest was inner thigh pain when kicking breastroke, I stopped kicking breastroke for a couple weeks & slowly started back
talk with a doc, come up with a plan, try something, pay attention to the outcomes
hope things improve
I know that Kirk started a thread on this subject back in March of 2010, but I wanted to bring this up again. A week ago I strained my rhomboid major during an open water training session at Barton Springs. I have continued to swim since then, although I did take a day off during the week, and I didn't lift weights. I have used ice, Aleve, stretching, and massage, but it has yet to improve. Given that Greensboro is only a few months away, my plan is to stay in the water and swim through this.
Any thoughts?
my first question was:
what is a rhomboid major?
then google gave me the answer,
a little muscle between your upper spine and shoulder blade
only you know can tell:
how severe the pain is
what aggrevates it
what soothes it
not sure if being tough & training through is the right call
maybe more massages and taking off several days in a row might help
ice & Aleve might lessen the symptoms but won't address the cause,
our bodies have wisdom, it raises our temps to boil a bug, it swells injured areas around joints to make them less mobile. yet we try to lower the swelling and lower temperatures
stretching could aggrevate the situation
How intense and distracting is the pain?
is it always present
does it come and go
Consider a several day break maybe it might help
When I have a strain sort of pain, I usually stop doing what aggrevates it.
My latest was inner thigh pain when kicking breastroke, I stopped kicking breastroke for a couple weeks & slowly started back
talk with a doc, come up with a plan, try something, pay attention to the outcomes
hope things improve
