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.
There have been some articles about return-to-swimming-protocol after shoulder pain.
Here is one: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../
Here is another: s3.amazonaws.com/.../RU_Return_to_Swimming_Protocol.pdf
You can also go here: www.corswimmershoulder.com
The basic ideas behind the protocol are:
1) Fix technique.
2) Avoid paddles, kickboard, and other things that put excessive strain on the shoulder joint.
3) Gradually escalate swim training from zero in small steps, never progressing past a given step until that step can be completed with little or no pain.
There have been some articles about return-to-swimming-protocol after shoulder pain.
Here is one: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../
Here is another: s3.amazonaws.com/.../RU_Return_to_Swimming_Protocol.pdf
You can also go here: www.corswimmershoulder.com
The basic ideas behind the protocol are:
1) Fix technique.
2) Avoid paddles, kickboard, and other things that put excessive strain on the shoulder joint.
3) Gradually escalate swim training from zero in small steps, never progressing past a given step until that step can be completed with little or no pain.
