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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I was having the same problem with my shoulder ever since I dislocated it. Dull aching and occasional popping. Turns out the popping in my shoulder was caused by my shoulder actually coming out of place (not all the way but kinda like a golf ball on a tee that's how the doc explained it) because my rotator cuff wasn't strong enough to hold it in. The pinching that I was feeling (like you on the recovery of my strokes) was because the top of humerous and the acromium (sp) were banging together and pinching the liagment and muslces in between, causing a dull ache and occasional surge of pain when it hit something just right. I can't do breaststroke or butterfly for three weeks, but I can still swim. Hopefully nothing major is causing the popping and clicking and it's just something "minor" like bones clashing with each other. Good luck with a speedy recovery whether you have surgery or not. I'll keep a good thought for you.
~Kyra
p.s. Don't forget that whatever happens...do you rotator cuff exercises to keep it from happening again!! I never realized how important they were until I started having problems.
I was having the same problem with my shoulder ever since I dislocated it. Dull aching and occasional popping. Turns out the popping in my shoulder was caused by my shoulder actually coming out of place (not all the way but kinda like a golf ball on a tee that's how the doc explained it) because my rotator cuff wasn't strong enough to hold it in. The pinching that I was feeling (like you on the recovery of my strokes) was because the top of humerous and the acromium (sp) were banging together and pinching the liagment and muslces in between, causing a dull ache and occasional surge of pain when it hit something just right. I can't do breaststroke or butterfly for three weeks, but I can still swim. Hopefully nothing major is causing the popping and clicking and it's just something "minor" like bones clashing with each other. Good luck with a speedy recovery whether you have surgery or not. I'll keep a good thought for you.
~Kyra
p.s. Don't forget that whatever happens...do you rotator cuff exercises to keep it from happening again!! I never realized how important they were until I started having problems.
