just had the third glenoid repair since my attempted return to masters 5 yrs ago. the first was the thermacapulorraphy- heat wand, the second 3 clips to hold it, this one 4 screws to hold it. yeah-i want to swim real bad....to go thru this for it!
anyone else have a labrum repair? success? failure?
and, to any orthopedic md/swimmers out there- is there a stroke that's less likely to loosen the labrum specifically?
note- years and years of being a butterflier is great prep for surgery...post op pain still isn't as bad as the last 75 yds of a 200- plus you can breathe!
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Your message prompted me to actually join in the discussion rather than just reading as I've been doing. I applaud your effort at staying in the water and will soon understand better what you have been going thru. I returned to the pool this year (age 49) after 27 years of being out of the water participating in other sports: running, softball, tournament racquetball. It has been so awesome being back in the water. I didn't know how much I missed it or how much I love swimming. A little harder getting started than I thought and problems with my shoulders along the way. I thought I could just keep going and with enough exercise I could strengthen everything and get thru the pain. I also fell on my left shoulder in the parking lot at a swim meet in Feb. -- swam anyway dispite the pain and that may be what did me in. Kept swimming though even though it was getting less and less pretty. I sought medical advice early in April, a few weeks before states (IL), and was told I had a moderate size full thickness tear in my rotator cuff (death sentence for a swimmer.) Anyway, was told the damage was done and I could finish the season with the state meet if I could deal with the pain. Interesting though, there's no pain when I swim only after when I try to sleep or do anything else--so I swam. Can't tell you how much fun I had--big state meet, swam fairly well, part of a great team, lots of team spirit, etc. Soooooo much fun! So, surgery is scheduled for June 1 and the surgeon never really responded to my question about returning to the pool just some half-ass comment about baseball players' ending their careers with this type of injury. This has me somewhat in the same catagory as you. Looking for any advice on how to handle this so that I am able to return to the pool. Any orthopods or physical therapists who swim out there with any advice at all (any encouragement would be good too). I am really hoping to swim until I'm 90 or until I die, whichever comes first.
Your message prompted me to actually join in the discussion rather than just reading as I've been doing. I applaud your effort at staying in the water and will soon understand better what you have been going thru. I returned to the pool this year (age 49) after 27 years of being out of the water participating in other sports: running, softball, tournament racquetball. It has been so awesome being back in the water. I didn't know how much I missed it or how much I love swimming. A little harder getting started than I thought and problems with my shoulders along the way. I thought I could just keep going and with enough exercise I could strengthen everything and get thru the pain. I also fell on my left shoulder in the parking lot at a swim meet in Feb. -- swam anyway dispite the pain and that may be what did me in. Kept swimming though even though it was getting less and less pretty. I sought medical advice early in April, a few weeks before states (IL), and was told I had a moderate size full thickness tear in my rotator cuff (death sentence for a swimmer.) Anyway, was told the damage was done and I could finish the season with the state meet if I could deal with the pain. Interesting though, there's no pain when I swim only after when I try to sleep or do anything else--so I swam. Can't tell you how much fun I had--big state meet, swam fairly well, part of a great team, lots of team spirit, etc. Soooooo much fun! So, surgery is scheduled for June 1 and the surgeon never really responded to my question about returning to the pool just some half-ass comment about baseball players' ending their careers with this type of injury. This has me somewhat in the same catagory as you. Looking for any advice on how to handle this so that I am able to return to the pool. Any orthopods or physical therapists who swim out there with any advice at all (any encouragement would be good too). I am really hoping to swim until I'm 90 or until I die, whichever comes first.
