Has anyone actually dislocated their shoulder while swimming? I swam all through high school, took 6 years off tried bodybuilding then went to powerlifting. After several disk injuries, I decided to quit, and get back into swimming to save my aching body/joints. After about 6 weeks of training I competed in my first Masters meet. The first two events were awesome 50m back then 50m fly. I actually broke the state records in both. The third event 100m I.M. While sweeping outward in the butterfly, my shoulder came completely out of the socket for a split second, then popped back in. I could actually hear things popping and tearing. It has been 6 weeks, and it still hasn't completely healed. All I've been able to do is kick workouts without a kickboard.Does anyone else have a similar experience?
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I'd definitely visit a specialist about this if I were you. I had a very unamusing experience with my shoulder. I dislocated it initially playing another sport. It then came out a couple of times whilst swimming (fly, free). After a few months it started dislocating very easily (once whilst sleeping and once, would you believe, whilst sneezing!) so I had to have an operation to stabilise the shoulder. It then took about a year to recover full movement and to be able to swim properly again.
I'd definitely visit a specialist about this if I were you. I had a very unamusing experience with my shoulder. I dislocated it initially playing another sport. It then came out a couple of times whilst swimming (fly, free). After a few months it started dislocating very easily (once whilst sleeping and once, would you believe, whilst sneezing!) so I had to have an operation to stabilise the shoulder. It then took about a year to recover full movement and to be able to swim properly again.
