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?
Thanks everyone....I'm glad several of you can relate! :bighug:
Did some Googling and determined that my shoulder has been subluxing/partially dislocating over the years, so I've never technically completely re-dislocated it thank goodness. But, this just means that my shoulder is basically unstable, so I really need to get real and acknowledge the big white elephant in the room I guess.
Doc appointment is tomorrow. Hopefully I can determine the state of my ligaments and tendons....really hope there are no major rips or tears. Also hope to determine the level of activity I should be doing. I do the tubing/strenghtening exercises as part of my dryland 1x a week, so I'm not sure if that is enough, or if because I swim 4-5x a week now I am actually over-doing it and making my shoulder weaker.
Coach put it in perspective for me yesterday and made me feel a lot better. :chillpill: Said there are tons of swimmers out there with shoulder injuries who are often regulated to strict kick workouts, and that it actually helps them to become better swimmers overall as they have the opportunity to greatly improve their kick. (I HATE kicking lol.) We'll see what happens!
Thanks everyone....I'm glad several of you can relate! :bighug:
Did some Googling and determined that my shoulder has been subluxing/partially dislocating over the years, so I've never technically completely re-dislocated it thank goodness. But, this just means that my shoulder is basically unstable, so I really need to get real and acknowledge the big white elephant in the room I guess.
Doc appointment is tomorrow. Hopefully I can determine the state of my ligaments and tendons....really hope there are no major rips or tears. Also hope to determine the level of activity I should be doing. I do the tubing/strenghtening exercises as part of my dryland 1x a week, so I'm not sure if that is enough, or if because I swim 4-5x a week now I am actually over-doing it and making my shoulder weaker.
Coach put it in perspective for me yesterday and made me feel a lot better. :chillpill: Said there are tons of swimmers out there with shoulder injuries who are often regulated to strict kick workouts, and that it actually helps them to become better swimmers overall as they have the opportunity to greatly improve their kick. (I HATE kicking lol.) We'll see what happens!
