Ok...Here's the short verison of the lead up to my question. I dislocated, well suplexed (popped out but popped in on it's own), my shoulder about a month ago when I was doing butterfly (I promise my form has improved since then:D ). I took a week off from swimming, work and everything and my shoulder was for the most part healed, it only bothers me every once in a while..mostlyat work. But today when I was swimming, it kinda started grinding and hurting when I started my recovery on all my strokes. Any ideas about what to do? Drills to make it stronger or anything would be good. When I do dryland I spend some time focusing on making it stronger...benchpress and such, so it should be getting stronger, so I was surprised when it hurt today. Maybe it's the changing weather;). Im gonna let it rest for a day or two and ice it regularly, but when I get back into the pool it would be nice to not have this problem again. Thanx for your help!!
~Kyra
Former Member
I read all these "horrors" here about shoulder problems and thought:how about those who did not experience those problems yet - would those rotator cuff excersises be helpful?Maybe that would be a good idea so that you never have any problems.Am I right?
I have been told by many sources over the years that lat pulldowns behind the head should not be done. In fact, at the gym I lift at the machine came with pictures of how to do the exercise, and the staff at the gym taped a piece of paper over the picture of the person doing the lat pulldown behind their head, to keep members from doing that exercise.
I am currently being treated for shoulder / rotator cuff problems and without me asking about it, my physical therapist specifically told me not to do the lat pulldown behind my head.
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I think this is one of those to-may-to, to-ma-to issues. I typically lean back and pull the bar down in front towards my chest.
I did a quick google search for "lat pulldown proper form" and pulling the bar down in front of and behind the head both appear to be considered proper form.
Craig's obviously right...we probably all need a physical therapist to tell us which form works best for each of us!
:D
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gull80 (Craig?),
thanks for that link to shoulder exercises from USA Swimming site. I was doing stuff for my shoulders before, but that workout is great. It really hits all the potential trouble spots.
Former Member
The link is on the first page...gull80 posted it.
~Kyra
