I was wondering if any of you have ever had bicept tendonitis to the point where shoulder surgery or cortizone were your options.
The doc said the injury was probably caused from too much butterfly (seeing how I'm a distance flyer). The PT didn't really help all that much. I've had a history of shoulder tendonitis and impingement syndrome in the shoulder but haven't had any problems until last year. I'm down to about 450 yards of freestyle before I know I need to stop swimming.
I've been a competitive swimmer for most of my life and am looking for alternatives to going under the knife or taking the long needle. Any advice?:confused:
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The crazy part of this whole thing is....the doc would rather go in and scope the shoulder without doing an MRI. This makes me a little nervous. He said there is some instability in the shoulder which would need to be fixed as well. I'd lose a lot of flexablility in the shoulder which means not a whole lot of swimming in the near future.
I was in therapy for over 6 weeks. I continued at home with the exercises but I don't think making all the fire runs was helping the situation.
Thanks for all your ideas. Call me a frady cat because I really don't want to go under the needle or the knife. I'm thinking about finding a pilates instructor with some PT experience.
Thanks again and keep on swimmin! :D
The crazy part of this whole thing is....the doc would rather go in and scope the shoulder without doing an MRI. This makes me a little nervous. He said there is some instability in the shoulder which would need to be fixed as well. I'd lose a lot of flexablility in the shoulder which means not a whole lot of swimming in the near future.
I was in therapy for over 6 weeks. I continued at home with the exercises but I don't think making all the fire runs was helping the situation.
Thanks for all your ideas. Call me a frady cat because I really don't want to go under the needle or the knife. I'm thinking about finding a pilates instructor with some PT experience.
Thanks again and keep on swimmin! :D
