Sclerotogenous Pain? New "Hot Topic"?

Quicksilver: 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! You're right about the chondroitin...which is used as a vehicle to deliver the glucosamine faster to the joints. A study has shown that too much of this is bad for the liver. As far as the healing process...I'm not a doctor...but the shoulder troubles can get better without surgery in some cases ...assuming there's no major breakdown. Backstroke (the other long axis stroke) will help your freestyle. Even double arm back on recovery swims (from a long freestyle set) has a soothing action on the lats and shoulders. The muscles are going in reverse. Happy Day of turkey, family, and college football.

Quicksilver: 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! You're right about the chondroitin...which is used as a vehicle to deliver the glucosamine faster to the joints. A study has shown that too much of this is bad for the liver. As far as the healing process...I'm not a doctor...but the shoulder troubles can get better without surgery in some cases ...assuming there's no major breakdown. Backstroke (the other long axis stroke) will help your freestyle. Even double arm back on recovery swims (from a long freestyle set) has a soothing action on the lats and shoulders. The muscles are going in reverse. Happy Day of turkey, family, and college football.