Sclerotogenous Pain? New "Hot Topic"?

Donna: Thanks for being concerned. It probably isn't a tear and just recurrent tendonitis and muscle strain. I had 2 bouts of rotator cuff tendonitis last year that I mostly swam though. (I have a high pain tolerance and really wanted to go see my friends in CA last August.) ART finally got rid of it for awhile, but the trap is bothering me again (although my shoulder is OK). We're doing the MRI as a precaution because it's gone on so long. Hopefully, it will rule out a tear. Apparently, sclerotogenous pain is a "hot topic" among doctors now, and they want to make sure they don't miss something. I just had never heard of it before, and wondered if any one else had. Unless it's some nasty tear, which doesn't seem too likely as I just went to practice and swam some fly last night, I'm going to try prolotherapy first. I want to try every single thing I can before surgery. I got me a busy schedule here. I gotta go be an overbearing swim parent at some big meets. Quicksilver: I do not touch those awful paddles! I do take Glucosamine and try to do my rotator cuff exercises and lift weights. One of my teammates told me that Chondroitin is not good for you? I have also had people tell me that it may take awhile for my shoulders to fully adjust to intense swimming again. I can reach back over my shoulder fine. But I can feel a little muscle or nerve spasming back there sometimes. I'm always clicking. Isn't that scar tissue? I think I'll just be doing more backstroke with fins and a lot of kicking. I'll be thinking of your 10 x 100 back set. Maybe I'll make that my "external challenge" set/goal. Tomorrow, however, I am doing the annual family turkey trot. And I don't even have to cook dinner!

Donna: Thanks for being concerned. It probably isn't a tear and just recurrent tendonitis and muscle strain. I had 2 bouts of rotator cuff tendonitis last year that I mostly swam though. (I have a high pain tolerance and really wanted to go see my friends in CA last August.) ART finally got rid of it for awhile, but the trap is bothering me again (although my shoulder is OK). We're doing the MRI as a precaution because it's gone on so long. Hopefully, it will rule out a tear. Apparently, sclerotogenous pain is a "hot topic" among doctors now, and they want to make sure they don't miss something. I just had never heard of it before, and wondered if any one else had. Unless it's some nasty tear, which doesn't seem too likely as I just went to practice and swam some fly last night, I'm going to try prolotherapy first. I want to try every single thing I can before surgery. I got me a busy schedule here. I gotta go be an overbearing swim parent at some big meets. Quicksilver: I do not touch those awful paddles! I do take Glucosamine and try to do my rotator cuff exercises and lift weights. One of my teammates told me that Chondroitin is not good for you? I have also had people tell me that it may take awhile for my shoulders to fully adjust to intense swimming again. I can reach back over my shoulder fine. But I can feel a little muscle or nerve spasming back there sometimes. I'm always clicking. Isn't that scar tissue? I think I'll just be doing more backstroke with fins and a lot of kicking. I'll be thinking of your 10 x 100 back set. Maybe I'll make that my "external challenge" set/goal. Tomorrow, however, I am doing the annual family turkey trot. And I don't even have to cook dinner!