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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Just a little update on my shoulder soreness that I had about a week ago.I am happy to state that it is almost gone.I did the following: I took two complete days off from swimming, then swam 3 days in a row paying very close attention to my technique, I also cut down on my butterfly for now(about 150m. per work-out only), I started icing up my shoulders right after the work-out and before going to bed.I also ordered therabands which should be coming in a day or two.With all these changes my shoulder is feeling great.That bronges me to the following question: since I never experienced any sorenes or discomfort in my shoulder before I introduced a lot of butterfly into my work-outs and it all went away when I cut down on it, could it be that butterfly is what was causing the discomfort.My guess is: either it was too new and came like a shock therapy to my shoulders or I am doing something wrong when swimming it or both...
So my next step before I raise my yardage in butterfly again is to strengthen my shoulders with resistance bands for about a month, then consult some coach who would look at my stroke mechanics and only then safely but gradually raise the amount of butterfly per work-out...
Just a little update on my shoulder soreness that I had about a week ago.I am happy to state that it is almost gone.I did the following: I took two complete days off from swimming, then swam 3 days in a row paying very close attention to my technique, I also cut down on my butterfly for now(about 150m. per work-out only), I started icing up my shoulders right after the work-out and before going to bed.I also ordered therabands which should be coming in a day or two.With all these changes my shoulder is feeling great.That bronges me to the following question: since I never experienced any sorenes or discomfort in my shoulder before I introduced a lot of butterfly into my work-outs and it all went away when I cut down on it, could it be that butterfly is what was causing the discomfort.My guess is: either it was too new and came like a shock therapy to my shoulders or I am doing something wrong when swimming it or both...
So my next step before I raise my yardage in butterfly again is to strengthen my shoulders with resistance bands for about a month, then consult some coach who would look at my stroke mechanics and only then safely but gradually raise the amount of butterfly per work-out...
