Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

jswim — Tue, 17 May 2005 06:25:44 GMT

whew!.. glad it wasn't something too serious! take care and good luck! J.

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

some_girl — Tue, 17 May 2005 05:50:41 GMT

Thanks, everyone. My mother took an interest and paid for me to go to the doctor: he said I pulled my tricep and to stretch more, lift some weights, and do ice & heat, as Kae explained. He also suggested getting a massage, so you were very on the nose, Kae. Thanks.

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

Former Member — Mon, 16 May 2005 07:44:37 GMT

Originally posted by some_girl In March, I hit the water funny doing a start and the next time I swam I had some pain in the "front of the armpit" muscle. I stopped swimming, did some heat and ibuprofin, went back a few days later, and that same muscle never hurt again. However, my shoulder still gets sore, mostly the muscle that connects my neck to the top of my shoulder and along the inside of my shoulder blade. This tends to happen after I finish working out, but sometimes I'll get sore towards the end of a workout. I had something similar happen when I switched workouts from a 1800m workout to a 3200m workout (over the course of 3 days). It helped to take an ibuprofen before I went to the pool, ice the shoulder when I got home, and apply heat before I went to bed. However, what really helped was a qualified massage therapist. He identified the problem as not being a rotator cuff strain (which I was afraid of) but a pull where the bicep and bicep tendon met. He worked on it for about 20 minutes and I haven't had any problems since. Hope that helps, Kae

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

Former Member — Thu, 12 May 2005 06:08:45 GMT

Usually, serious injury to the shoulder is a rotator cuff injury. But what you describe is not that.

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

Former Member — Wed, 11 May 2005 09:10:58 GMT

If you can't "afford" (Can you really put a price on your health?) to see an MD then you might look into seeing a PT. I suspect you can get out of there for much less money and hopefully with some sound answers to your questions. My PT gave me a lot of information that my orthopod most likely took for granted.

RE: Getting up to speed or injuring myself?

jswim — Wed, 11 May 2005 04:24:41 GMT

Hi there, wow!, it's hard to know how to reply to this one. I know everyone's threshold and perspective of pain is a bit different. I would first tell your coach about the situation and have him/ her evaluate your stroke and see if there's anything that could be causing the pain. If he/she doesn't see anything in particular, you may just want to try taking it easy on that arm a bit for awhile.. How Badly does it hurt? is it a dull throbbing type pain, or a sharp pain?.. In general, I think sharp pains are not a good sign, but I"m not a therapist or doctor, so I couldn't say. Stretch regularly!.... This is very important for swimming, make sure you get a good set of stretches, and do them regularly. While you're stretching don't push too hard, just gentle stretches done often will do wonders. If all of this doesn't work, I hate to say it cause I know you don't have insurance, but I'd look into seeing a professional about it.. Again, I am in no way qualified to give advice about this sort of thing, just thought i'd offer some ideas.. sorry to hear you're having shoulder trouble, good luck with whatever you try!! Jeanette.