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'm not trying to tell someone to ignore a shoulder click and train through it hard. But if relatively new at swimming, back off a little and see what happens. I can't say don't go to the doctor, because I don't know all the specifics.
It took me two years to overcome "shin splints" when I started track sprinting. That's a long time, but eventually they went away and never returned.
I am only speaking from my experiences. I attributed my swimming shoulder problem to a lack of strength and sudden "overuse" of my shoulders. I simply proceeded with caution and the problem went away.
I agree that once fully conditioned in a sport, problems that arise are not developmental in nature and should be closely examined. It really helps to have a coach or someone who knows what is "normal" and what isn't.
One other thing that helped me was learing all four strokes. Aside from butterfly (deadly for the shoulders), I think they work the shoulders differently, especially ***. Changing up your workouts, including kick sets, can give the shoulders a break.
I'm not trying to tell someone to ignore a shoulder click and train through it hard. But if relatively new at swimming, back off a little and see what happens. I can't say don't go to the doctor, because I don't know all the specifics.
It took me two years to overcome "shin splints" when I started track sprinting. That's a long time, but eventually they went away and never returned.
I am only speaking from my experiences. I attributed my swimming shoulder problem to a lack of strength and sudden "overuse" of my shoulders. I simply proceeded with caution and the problem went away.
I agree that once fully conditioned in a sport, problems that arise are not developmental in nature and should be closely examined. It really helps to have a coach or someone who knows what is "normal" and what isn't.
One other thing that helped me was learing all four strokes. Aside from butterfly (deadly for the shoulders), I think they work the shoulders differently, especially ***. Changing up your workouts, including kick sets, can give the shoulders a break.
