Hi all,
I've been swimming regularly since June and have developed an annoying clicking sound in both shoulders. I've started doing some rotator cuff exercises witha theraband daily to try to alleviate this. Anyone else have experience with this?
I don't think it's healthy to endorse what is already a too-easily- accepted notion that shoulder problems ought to be considered in any way "normal" in swimming. Most such problems are technique-related, not related to the simple act of swimming.
As you know, Terry, I don't agree on this point. I think shoulder problems are a perfectly "normal" swimming phenomenom. It is all-too-easy to ascribe problems to improper technique. But the evidence, zillions of swimmers with shoulder problems (many on this website), suggests there are other origins too. It is often plain overuse or having done insufficient exercises to strengthen the small rotator cuff muscles. If you haven't done those exercises, the simple act of training can become painful. And I'm an optimist at heart too.
I don't think it's healthy to endorse what is already a too-easily- accepted notion that shoulder problems ought to be considered in any way "normal" in swimming. Most such problems are technique-related, not related to the simple act of swimming.
As you know, Terry, I don't agree on this point. I think shoulder problems are a perfectly "normal" swimming phenomenom. It is all-too-easy to ascribe problems to improper technique. But the evidence, zillions of swimmers with shoulder problems (many on this website), suggests there are other origins too. It is often plain overuse or having done insufficient exercises to strengthen the small rotator cuff muscles. If you haven't done those exercises, the simple act of training can become painful. And I'm an optimist at heart too.
