I returned to swimming with a coach, going to meets with the masters team, second semester of 2004. The last time I had swum had been in 1968, at high school. Anyway, I am experiencing some right shoulder discomfort, in between workouts. I am also getting some paresthesia in both arms when swimming without breaks anything above 500 meters at a faster pace. To further confuse me, I did suffer a fall on to my right shoulder from a dirt bike on Feb. 8th. My group swims with a coach 4 times a week, usually doing no more than 2,000 meters. I swim on my own the other days, doing easy 1,000s or more with or without fins. What I am looking for is advice on stretches and tips in general. I also must say that most of my training is freestyle, although I do some butterfly laps and backstroke laps. Thanks for any help, billy fanstone (in Brazil)
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Having returned to swimming after a hiatus of 35 plus years, and having only two weeks of "practice", I did something dumb, but without much damage. I entered a 50 meter fly race. I was okay going, but on the way back I lost form pretty fast. Anyway, I had shoulder disconfort, on both shoulders for about two weeks. That was just a normal physiological response to oversuse. Just tender muscles and tendons, no long term twists or tears. Yesterday I did a 1,000 meter warm-up, and continued with several speed drills (freestyle) the coach had us do. Today my shoulder is fine, with a extremely slight (oxymoron?) tenderness. The way I figure with these slight tendon lesions is that you practically have to work through them and it takes time (up to three months or more) and patience. You can't overdo it, but you can't not do anything. I am talking with the perspective of a club tennis player (myself) who had a forearm towards the elbow tendinitis and after years of dealing with it, I finally came to the conclusion that I had to live with it, change a little my backswing, play less times a week, and ease off the power on my server. I now have no problem in that area. I am presently refraining from swimming butterfly till the second semester. However I am not blaming the fly for my shoulder tenderness, I blame it on my motorcycle fall. I just don't want to make it worse.Take care, billy fanstone.
Having returned to swimming after a hiatus of 35 plus years, and having only two weeks of "practice", I did something dumb, but without much damage. I entered a 50 meter fly race. I was okay going, but on the way back I lost form pretty fast. Anyway, I had shoulder disconfort, on both shoulders for about two weeks. That was just a normal physiological response to oversuse. Just tender muscles and tendons, no long term twists or tears. Yesterday I did a 1,000 meter warm-up, and continued with several speed drills (freestyle) the coach had us do. Today my shoulder is fine, with a extremely slight (oxymoron?) tenderness. The way I figure with these slight tendon lesions is that you practically have to work through them and it takes time (up to three months or more) and patience. You can't overdo it, but you can't not do anything. I am talking with the perspective of a club tennis player (myself) who had a forearm towards the elbow tendinitis and after years of dealing with it, I finally came to the conclusion that I had to live with it, change a little my backswing, play less times a week, and ease off the power on my server. I now have no problem in that area. I am presently refraining from swimming butterfly till the second semester. However I am not blaming the fly for my shoulder tenderness, I blame it on my motorcycle fall. I just don't want to make it worse.Take care, billy fanstone.
