Anyone else had this diagnosis? Doc put me on Anti-inflammatories Nov 11 and gave me the usual stretch band exercises and said it should go away in about a month. Hasn't happened. Guess I should have asked if I needed to stop swimming. I train mostly USRP (free and fly), so only about 2,000-2,500 3-4 days a week. The pain is not bad, as I had been swimming with it since the middle of Sept, but now I am worried if I continue to swim with the inflamed bursa sack that it might do some long term damage. So maybe for the next few weeks just do some fin kick sets and hit the bike at the gym, and more core work (yuck)???
I would rest the shoulder completely and just kick for a while. I had serious shoulder bursitis starting in January and it took a long time to get better (9 mos in my case). At first I tried to do easy free, etc, but never got better so went to a kick only wo for about 6 weeks, then one arm free, one arm fly, eventually breastroke, then slowly got other strokes online again. I don't think I lost too much ground because I kicked so I am swimming fairly close to my regular times. Take it easy and let your body heal.
I would rest the shoulder completely and just kick for a while. I had serious shoulder bursitis starting in January and it took a long time to get better (9 mos in my case). At first I tried to do easy free, etc, but never got better so went to a kick only wo for about 6 weeks, then one arm free, one arm fly, eventually breastroke, then slowly got other strokes online again. I don't think I lost too much ground because I kicked so I am swimming fairly close to my regular times. Take it easy and let your body heal.
