If you have some inflammation and discomfort in the shoulders from overuse, should you continue swimming to maintain ROM and some conditioning or do zero for a few weeks? This is for a HS swimmer who is coming back from a year off and went right into daily training.
It depends what exactly "soreness, inflammation and discomfort" is. If it's just acclimatization to training again, stopping the stimulus isn't going to help. If it's an injury or precursor to an injury, then yes, it does need to be eased up on significantly to heal.
Is the discomfort general, or in a particular ROM? Was it acute onset, or did the swimmer just wake up one morning sorer than usual? Is there any loss of ROM or strength associated with the discomfort?
It depends what exactly "soreness, inflammation and discomfort" is. If it's just acclimatization to training again, stopping the stimulus isn't going to help. If it's an injury or precursor to an injury, then yes, it does need to be eased up on significantly to heal.
Is the discomfort general, or in a particular ROM? Was it acute onset, or did the swimmer just wake up one morning sorer than usual? Is there any loss of ROM or strength associated with the discomfort?
