I have been having tendonitis problems in my right shoulder. I stopped swimming for a week and a half to give it a rest. I also took ibuprofen and started doing more exercises to strengthen my shoulder. After getting back in the water today, I was extremely disappointed to find out that it now hurts even more. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Parents
Former Member
Time out of the pool did not help me at all...it made it worse. Keep swimming regularly, but not to the point of pain. If you can only swim 100 easy before it hurts then start kicking and save your arms for the next day. Along with my physical therapy, keeping my shoulder active really helped me out. If I missed 3 to 4 days of swimming, when I returned the pain was worse than it was when I got out of the pool last time! Keep it moving! I think immobilizing the joint starts something along the lines of adhesive capsulitis and makes the problem worse.
I did the cuff exercises and took NSAID's from time to time. I found it best to take them just before swimming. The reduction of inflammation is most important when you are moving the joint around. (I think gull80 gave me that advice...I was afraid to mask the pain and make things worse) Ice never did much for me and I have pretty much stopped doing the exercises these days. I am pain free but I am also religious about keeping proper form and not increasing my yardage significantly at any one time. As a matter of fact, I have been swimming fewer yards at a higher intensity.
Good luck to you.
Time out of the pool did not help me at all...it made it worse. Keep swimming regularly, but not to the point of pain. If you can only swim 100 easy before it hurts then start kicking and save your arms for the next day. Along with my physical therapy, keeping my shoulder active really helped me out. If I missed 3 to 4 days of swimming, when I returned the pain was worse than it was when I got out of the pool last time! Keep it moving! I think immobilizing the joint starts something along the lines of adhesive capsulitis and makes the problem worse.
I did the cuff exercises and took NSAID's from time to time. I found it best to take them just before swimming. The reduction of inflammation is most important when you are moving the joint around. (I think gull80 gave me that advice...I was afraid to mask the pain and make things worse) Ice never did much for me and I have pretty much stopped doing the exercises these days. I am pain free but I am also religious about keeping proper form and not increasing my yardage significantly at any one time. As a matter of fact, I have been swimming fewer yards at a higher intensity.
Good luck to you.
