I wish it was because that can be quickly remedied. The doctor seems to think that I have a loose/torn piece of cartilage that is causing the popping and clicking and is probably also causing the discomfort by contacting a nerve. My guess is that this happened back in my weightlifting days a few years ago. The swimming has just aggravated the problem. He has ordered an MRI and based upon those results I may see an orthopaedist for surgery. Until we know more I was advised to lay off the swimming to reduce the damage done to my shoulder. Further damage might warrant much more extensive means of repair. This is the ****tiest day of my year without question. I am trying to convince myself that several months out of the pool will be okay but as with everything else today, I have not been succesful.
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My shoulder has bothered me on and off for some time now in the form of dull pain and occasional clicking and popping. Tuesday night I was stretching before my swim and I began a propeller like twirling of my arms to stretch my shoulders out; bad idea if you did not already know. This made my minor shoulder problem into something a little less minor and a little more major. It was not really painful but I could feel it popping around more than I ever had before. I swam about 600 yards that night and I could feel a tiny pinch or pain in my shoulder on most every pull. I am not really concerned about the MRI or the surgery since I am a veteran of surgery. At the age of 30 I have now been in an OR 3 times, once for a bladder tumor that was benign. My primary concern is the time I must spend out of the pool. Needless to say, I am in a hurry to get the recovery started.
My shoulder has bothered me on and off for some time now in the form of dull pain and occasional clicking and popping. Tuesday night I was stretching before my swim and I began a propeller like twirling of my arms to stretch my shoulders out; bad idea if you did not already know. This made my minor shoulder problem into something a little less minor and a little more major. It was not really painful but I could feel it popping around more than I ever had before. I swam about 600 yards that night and I could feel a tiny pinch or pain in my shoulder on most every pull. I am not really concerned about the MRI or the surgery since I am a veteran of surgery. At the age of 30 I have now been in an OR 3 times, once for a bladder tumor that was benign. My primary concern is the time I must spend out of the pool. Needless to say, I am in a hurry to get the recovery started.
