Shoulder pain

Pushing too hard can make the injury worse. What you need to do is ice the sore area after you train. This will reduce the amount of swelling that is occuring and causing pain Intially, I would begin to focus on the other strokes and try to vary your workouts more. Use a mixture of drills, kick and full stroke - especially the kick and drills. Use your arms until you hurt and then finish your workout kick. Consider kicking with fins and no board. Keep your arms at your side or kick with one arm up on your side to reduce the strain on your shoulders. A stronger kick will help with your body position and I would also recommend more drills to improve your technique on the front crawl. Focus on rolling on to your side more. Your body should almost be perpendicular to the surface on each side. When you are pulling think of using your lat muscles. What you are trying to do is to use all of the muscles around your rotator cuff - not just the ones on the front half of your shoulder. Shoulder injuries are similar to any other repetative strain injury- if you push too hard too early you can create a long-term painful injury. If the pain continues to bother your, go see a doctor. Most doctors will prescribe anti-inflamitories to reduce pain and swelling. I was wondering if you have a coach that you are working with? If not I would recommend that you talk to one to get some drills to work on. I have coached a number of swimmer - both age group and masters - with shoulder problems and have worked in conjuntion with sports therapists and doctors to rehabilitate swimmers. I caught and treated early, you can limit the amount of pain you feel and the length of time you are injured for (usually 2-3 months). Most of my swimmer's with shoulder problems have been age group swimmers going though a growth spurt as I do alot of drill and kick work with my swimmers (approx 1/4 to 1/2 of my weekly meterage) and focus on all four strokes. A well rounded swimmer with good technique will very rarely get injured. I personally don't recommend resting and doing nothing as the injuries tend to reoccur in after you start to train again. I hope this helps Good Luck

Pushing too hard can make the injury worse. What you need to do is ice the sore area after you train. This will reduce the amount of swelling that is occuring and causing pain Intially, I would begin to focus on the other strokes and try to vary your workouts more. Use a mixture of drills, kick and full stroke - especially the kick and drills. Use your arms until you hurt and then finish your workout kick. Consider kicking with fins and no board. Keep your arms at your side or kick with one arm up on your side to reduce the strain on your shoulders. A stronger kick will help with your body position and I would also recommend more drills to improve your technique on the front crawl. Focus on rolling on to your side more. Your body should almost be perpendicular to the surface on each side. When you are pulling think of using your lat muscles. What you are trying to do is to use all of the muscles around your rotator cuff - not just the ones on the front half of your shoulder. Shoulder injuries are similar to any other repetative strain injury- if you push too hard too early you can create a long-term painful injury. If the pain continues to bother your, go see a doctor. Most doctors will prescribe anti-inflamitories to reduce pain and swelling. I was wondering if you have a coach that you are working with? If not I would recommend that you talk to one to get some drills to work on. I have coached a number of swimmer - both age group and masters - with shoulder problems and have worked in conjuntion with sports therapists and doctors to rehabilitate swimmers. I caught and treated early, you can limit the amount of pain you feel and the length of time you are injured for (usually 2-3 months). Most of my swimmer's with shoulder problems have been age group swimmers going though a growth spurt as I do alot of drill and kick work with my swimmers (approx 1/4 to 1/2 of my weekly meterage) and focus on all four strokes. A well rounded swimmer with good technique will very rarely get injured. I personally don't recommend resting and doing nothing as the injuries tend to reoccur in after you start to train again. I hope this helps Good Luck