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.
because of my own ailment i have become very educated on this subject.
SLAP tear in august '09, but kept pushing it till march '10. finally surgery on it june '10. rehab and started swimming on it oct '10.
swam good in '11 but started having issues around dec '11. started taking ibuprofin like candy. think a lot and then double it. plus aleave on top. ice measured in 10lb per day. did everything i knew to get through italy. then i had to back off the pain meds for fear of my liver. 3 mri's, over a dozen xrays. with 2 orthopeds at 2 different clincs.
finally the 2nd week of jan '13 i started my own search for answers and found there is a difference between "shoulder instability" and "shoulder dysfunction". stability is usually because of a lack of strength in key shoulder muscles. dysfunction is usually because those muscles not working in a proper way. i have serious scapula dysfunction that caused atrophy of my trapezius and other scapula muscles. this atrophy then allows my humerous head to ride up into the glanus bone and force it into the clavicle at the ac joint and i get bone on bone grinding. this screws up my freestyle stroke and causes my fly to be 1 arm weaker than the other.
i have done lots and lots of rehab, but am nowhere close to 100% or even 75%. i cant swim much (ie 400m total for last week). with no training i cannot race. our zone meet is 2 weeks away at one of the best pools in the usa and i will be a timer. nats is not even a consideration and so there is no way i can defend my national title.
so, yes, i can understand your depression.
seek out a pt (or many many youtube videos like i did) that can understand you are a swimmer and how we use our bodies.
dont be affraid to try odd ideas or excercises.
i wish you a speedy and complete recovery.
steve
because of my own ailment i have become very educated on this subject.
SLAP tear in august '09, but kept pushing it till march '10. finally surgery on it june '10. rehab and started swimming on it oct '10.
swam good in '11 but started having issues around dec '11. started taking ibuprofin like candy. think a lot and then double it. plus aleave on top. ice measured in 10lb per day. did everything i knew to get through italy. then i had to back off the pain meds for fear of my liver. 3 mri's, over a dozen xrays. with 2 orthopeds at 2 different clincs.
finally the 2nd week of jan '13 i started my own search for answers and found there is a difference between "shoulder instability" and "shoulder dysfunction". stability is usually because of a lack of strength in key shoulder muscles. dysfunction is usually because those muscles not working in a proper way. i have serious scapula dysfunction that caused atrophy of my trapezius and other scapula muscles. this atrophy then allows my humerous head to ride up into the glanus bone and force it into the clavicle at the ac joint and i get bone on bone grinding. this screws up my freestyle stroke and causes my fly to be 1 arm weaker than the other.
i have done lots and lots of rehab, but am nowhere close to 100% or even 75%. i cant swim much (ie 400m total for last week). with no training i cannot race. our zone meet is 2 weeks away at one of the best pools in the usa and i will be a timer. nats is not even a consideration and so there is no way i can defend my national title.
so, yes, i can understand your depression.
seek out a pt (or many many youtube videos like i did) that can understand you are a swimmer and how we use our bodies.
dont be affraid to try odd ideas or excercises.
i wish you a speedy and complete recovery.
steve
