I have been plagued off and on for 14 months with a painful left trap muscle. My ART therapist says it may be sclerotogenous pain from a torn labrum? Has anyone ever heard of sclerotogenous pain? I'm a bit worried about the MRI too. Don't they sometimes miss small tears?
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This may have nothing to do with your problem...but I can relate to a similar ailment about five years ago when I first started swimming again.
The shoulder pain was so bad that I could barely reach over to scratch my back without wincing (both arms...but mostly the left). I attribute this to overuse of paddles at the time. There was even a distinct clicking sound which was not a good sign at all.
Anyway...it took about a year to subside. ...(I found out what glucosamine with chondroitin is.) And fortunately the pain never stopped me from swimming altogether. A combination of strength training (dryland)...and a break from the paddles proved to be a good remedy. Not too much fly swimming either.
Hope you are able to recover.
This may have nothing to do with your problem...but I can relate to a similar ailment about five years ago when I first started swimming again.
The shoulder pain was so bad that I could barely reach over to scratch my back without wincing (both arms...but mostly the left). I attribute this to overuse of paddles at the time. There was even a distinct clicking sound which was not a good sign at all.
Anyway...it took about a year to subside. ...(I found out what glucosamine with chondroitin is.) And fortunately the pain never stopped me from swimming altogether. A combination of strength training (dryland)...and a break from the paddles proved to be a good remedy. Not too much fly swimming either.
Hope you are able to recover.
