For the past couple of months, my shoulder has been feeling "loose" or instable. I have some moderate pain and mostly the very odd feeling that it just is about to fall out of its socket. It usually feels okay while swimming but very bad afterwards. I've taken the past week off from swimming in the hopes that things would feel better, but no dice. I do have a call in to my doctor, but I've done some Googling around and it seems like it might be multi-directional instability of the shoulder. Does anyone have any experience with this? I am physically unable to participate in most other cardio (running, step aerobics, anything with any level of impact) so the idea of not being able to swim is very depressing.
A good PT who has worked with swimmers should be able to help you with some rehab exercises to tighten up the muscles surrounding the tendon capsule that keeps your shoulder from popping out. Do not do stretching exercises as this will only make things worse. Some strokes are also harder than others on the shoulder capsule. Backstroke is hard.on the joint for lots of people. Don't worry. You won't have to quit but you will benefit from PT with chords and remarkably lower weights to tighten up the rotator cuffs and scapular stabilizers. Females fo tend to have looser connective tissue than men.or perhaps to say it different. We're less flexible. You need more strength. We.need.more flexibility. Sorry if typos...typing on phone. Goog.luck!
A good PT who has worked with swimmers should be able to help you with some rehab exercises to tighten up the muscles surrounding the tendon capsule that keeps your shoulder from popping out. Do not do stretching exercises as this will only make things worse. Some strokes are also harder than others on the shoulder capsule. Backstroke is hard.on the joint for lots of people. Don't worry. You won't have to quit but you will benefit from PT with chords and remarkably lower weights to tighten up the rotator cuffs and scapular stabilizers. Females fo tend to have looser connective tissue than men.or perhaps to say it different. We're less flexible. You need more strength. We.need.more flexibility. Sorry if typos...typing on phone. Goog.luck!
