:doh: When will I ever learn to not overdo it?
My orthopedic doc sent me for PT (dry needling) for the mess that is my neck and it has worked amazingly well; my neck is doing great! It worked so well, my primary doc referred me for dry needling of the trigger points in my leg and hip, since the PT exercises alone weren't helping. After one treatment (so far), it is doing much better. That's the good news...
I was feeling so good, even after my open water 3K and 1K races on July 13th, that I put in a big week of yardage, starting the day after the races. I had taken a day off the day before my races and felt great the day after, so why not? Big mistake. Between training too much fly this past week and over-stretching my rotators while doing my PT exercises, I ended up with shoulders too sore to swim anything other than a weak breaststroke.
After 1,100 yards on Thursday, my shoulders were feeling horrible, so I got out of the pool. I swam nothing but breaststroke on Friday and took Saturday off. Sunday and Monday I swam only kick sets (with and without fins), but could only put in 1,800 yards before knowing it was time to give my legs a rest.
Ice and Zipsor (prescription anti-inflammatory) have been my routine until my next PT appointment on Tuesday. But my taper is blown, I don't know when swimming full stroke will be possible, and my first event at Nationals is on August 8. :afraid:
Now what? Any suggestions?
if you need a shoulder i seem to have 1 can give you.
just 1, the other is kinda sorta looking like a junk heap.
both have logged 1000s of miles at MVN.
then again you may not even want the "good" one.
tapers go up and down and side to side. heck sometimes the taper is done on a plane as you cross
the atlantic or in the adiriatic because smoking polo players are still in the competition pool.
you will be just fine!
if you need a shoulder i seem to have 1 can give you.
just 1, the other is kinda sorta looking like a junk heap.
both have logged 1000s of miles at MVN.
then again you may not even want the "good" one.
tapers go up and down and side to side. heck sometimes the taper is done on a plane as you cross
the atlantic or in the adiriatic because smoking polo players are still in the competition pool.
you will be just fine!
