Can the physiology experts please help explain a shoulder "impingement"?
My frustruated interpretation is that it's not torn, not arthritis, but something ain't quite lined up correctly. I think I jammed it on a sprint finish and a few weeks off have not lessened the pain (arm raised 90 degrees laterally = ouch). Friend therapist says don't start anything remedial until the pain stops. Slowly going postal and gaining weight being out of the water.....
I have an appointment with an orthopedist who has a sports leaning but am interested in other's experiences, too.
Thanks,
DV
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Hitting the weightroom and starting back relatively slowly seems to have done the trick following the cortisone shot. Gotta love those awkward rotator cuff exercises when everyone around you is truly pumping iron. I'm back up to three workouts a week, though struggling to get through the last half of the last hour and a half workout long course. I enjoy long course so much more than short course, too much like NASCAR. The only time I ever feel anything "funny" is at the end of the workout, but it's not necessarily pain, just a sensation where the pain used to be.
DV
Hitting the weightroom and starting back relatively slowly seems to have done the trick following the cortisone shot. Gotta love those awkward rotator cuff exercises when everyone around you is truly pumping iron. I'm back up to three workouts a week, though struggling to get through the last half of the last hour and a half workout long course. I enjoy long course so much more than short course, too much like NASCAR. The only time I ever feel anything "funny" is at the end of the workout, but it's not necessarily pain, just a sensation where the pain used to be.
DV
