I have rotator tendonitis in my left shoulder that means I can't do the amount of swimming (crawl) that I usually do. The physical therapist said I can do anything that doesn't require an overhead reach, such as breaststroke or side stroke, or a modified backstroke. Any advice on what to do to keep active in the pool while my shoulder heals. My breastroke sucks, btw. Though I'm fine with side stroke. I guess I can grab the old kickboard and kick my way up and down the lane, but that gets pretty boring.
I don't own a shower cap, so please don't say water aerobics LOL.:D
Sorry to hear about your bum shoulder, never a fun situation! Here is a piece I've wrote about returning to swimming ...........
Some great advice. Most is just plain common sense from the swimmers point of view. But not unfortunately from many coaches view point. It is really difficult for many coaches to empathise fully with injured swimmers, mainly due to time constraints poolside. A time set aside for a proper discussion is vital in my experience.
One point that I feel is not explained fully enough in your reference is that of a Thumb in first. The biggest tweak that helped my 3 year shoulder injury to suddenly start to improve 6 months ago was to swim with Little Finger in first. True it is not as efficient a stroke, but hey, getting quickly to a stroke that is under 4/10 on the pain scale is/was so much more important when 'the end of swimming' seemed to be so near!
I am not back to normal yet but probably about 70%ish. I still get twinges but altering my hand entry usually does the trick. I am a long way off competition speed though. :(. Although I am planning to do more open water events as I don't go fast enough over 3/5/10 miles to stress out my shoulder above 4/10 pain levels.
So there is life after shoulder pain.
Sorry to hear about your bum shoulder, never a fun situation! Here is a piece I've wrote about returning to swimming ...........
Some great advice. Most is just plain common sense from the swimmers point of view. But not unfortunately from many coaches view point. It is really difficult for many coaches to empathise fully with injured swimmers, mainly due to time constraints poolside. A time set aside for a proper discussion is vital in my experience.
One point that I feel is not explained fully enough in your reference is that of a Thumb in first. The biggest tweak that helped my 3 year shoulder injury to suddenly start to improve 6 months ago was to swim with Little Finger in first. True it is not as efficient a stroke, but hey, getting quickly to a stroke that is under 4/10 on the pain scale is/was so much more important when 'the end of swimming' seemed to be so near!
I am not back to normal yet but probably about 70%ish. I still get twinges but altering my hand entry usually does the trick. I am a long way off competition speed though. :(. Although I am planning to do more open water events as I don't go fast enough over 3/5/10 miles to stress out my shoulder above 4/10 pain levels.
So there is life after shoulder pain.
