Recovering from shoulder surgery; feeling crummy...
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and actually considering giving up swimming. I am so discouraged these days....
I fell and hurt my shoulder about 9 years ago. I didn't have surgery at the time (was told I didn't need it) and thought I healed correctly. Fast forward to today...after swimming 6 years I start to feel an ache in my "bad" shoulder when I swim longer than a mile. So off to the sports med doc I go....I get an MRI which looks like I might have torn cartilage, which is causing the pain. Surgery is scheduled....they find nothing. Nothing is torn; nothing to fix. So now I will have to swim with the pain....
I know that some of the tension is a result of an imbalance in my freestyle...I always breath to my left, which means I pull harder with my strong (right) side. When I try to breath to the right it all falls apart. I don't feel balanced in the water; I am sure there are a million things wrong with my stroke...I should kick more...blah blah blah.
I just started swimming again...been in the water for the last few days and I am very discouraged. I'd love to hear from folks out there who have taught themselves to breath to their uncomfortable side.... and how you did it, how long it took, etc.
Anyone else out there going through a discouraging time...or if you have in the past, how'd you get over it?
Ande - what are your thoughts?
I used to box...maybe I should just go back to the ring and stay out of the water....:(
Kari,
It's old home week here :p
I would definitely go with the chiropractor. When you find a good one they can seemingly fix anything.
As far as the discouraging. I won't go into all of the details (far too boring) but I have been SO AMAZINGLY DISCOURAGED with my swimming for the last 5 years (yes, I know, I've had 3 kids, but still...). My point is, I've stayed in the water, as much as I could, and listened to all of the positive comments made by my teammates. I have definitely turned a deaf ear to the woman who keeps telling me that my belly fat won't go away!
I am starting to do other things out of the water that will help me in the water: weights, stretching, running, etc., but again I struggle with getting/finding a schedule that won't kill me!
Hang in there. Definitely listen to the positive, ignore the negative, do what you can and push the envelope when you feel you can without setting yourself back. The cool thing about Masters is that it will always be here. We will always be here. You are a great swimmer and work really hard- you'll achieve your goals :)
By the way, hi :p
Kari,
It's old home week here :p
I would definitely go with the chiropractor. When you find a good one they can seemingly fix anything.
As far as the discouraging. I won't go into all of the details (far too boring) but I have been SO AMAZINGLY DISCOURAGED with my swimming for the last 5 years (yes, I know, I've had 3 kids, but still...). My point is, I've stayed in the water, as much as I could, and listened to all of the positive comments made by my teammates. I have definitely turned a deaf ear to the woman who keeps telling me that my belly fat won't go away!
I am starting to do other things out of the water that will help me in the water: weights, stretching, running, etc., but again I struggle with getting/finding a schedule that won't kill me!
Hang in there. Definitely listen to the positive, ignore the negative, do what you can and push the envelope when you feel you can without setting yourself back. The cool thing about Masters is that it will always be here. We will always be here. You are a great swimmer and work really hard- you'll achieve your goals :)
By the way, hi :p
