shoulder clicking

"...better than anything else you can do." Consistent with what I've been saying. Nonetheless, as you have posted a detailed description of your personal experience on the other thread, I understand your point of view. You feel you're doing everything possible to mitigate and yet your shoulders still become inflamed periodically. I'm sure you think about your technique constantly. You do your prehab exercises pretty religiously. So in practice, our behavior is exactly the same. Our experiences are different. Hmm.. I still think "mitigating other causative factors better than anything you can do" is different from the position that technique is the "primary" or "pre-eminent" causative factor. The first goes to mitigation after causation, the second goes to initial proximate causation. I think perhaps, consistent with TI principles of mindfulness, you might not want to let the professed "mindset" get too "set." Why, I myself, tried to do that Michael Phelps breathing every stroke fly for awhile as an experiment, but I was just slower that way. And remember, despite all my teasing, I did try butterfrog! :yawn: Now, on the other items quoted above, thank you, you're exactly right!! (I'm really sorry if I bored you with too much personal experience. My bad.) I'm frustrated. And I'm also frankly pissed off that, since I've been swimming, my shoulders have broadened and I've had to buy some new shirts. Who wants that to happen unless the shoulders are making a contribution in the pool?! :shakeshead: I am quite sure I botched things up when I was young as well. I don't recall technique being emphasized very much way back then. It was all yardage and race stategy and and puking if you were super tough. I never heard the term "SDK" back then, that's for sure. As a result, I've actually been pretty obsessed with technique since I started back. It's jolly good to know that swimmers, such as yourself, can bounce back so well from acute shoulder problems. :applaud: However, I think you may be more patient (and definitely more mindful) than me. We may have different anatomy as well, which causes my shoulder issue to recur. It's that gross "dessication." Yech. Blech.

"...better than anything else you can do." Consistent with what I've been saying. Nonetheless, as you have posted a detailed description of your personal experience on the other thread, I understand your point of view. You feel you're doing everything possible to mitigate and yet your shoulders still become inflamed periodically. I'm sure you think about your technique constantly. You do your prehab exercises pretty religiously. So in practice, our behavior is exactly the same. Our experiences are different. Hmm.. I still think "mitigating other causative factors better than anything you can do" is different from the position that technique is the "primary" or "pre-eminent" causative factor. The first goes to mitigation after causation, the second goes to initial proximate causation. I think perhaps, consistent with TI principles of mindfulness, you might not want to let the professed "mindset" get too "set." Why, I myself, tried to do that Michael Phelps breathing every stroke fly for awhile as an experiment, but I was just slower that way. And remember, despite all my teasing, I did try butterfrog! :yawn: Now, on the other items quoted above, thank you, you're exactly right!! (I'm really sorry if I bored you with too much personal experience. My bad.) I'm frustrated. And I'm also frankly pissed off that, since I've been swimming, my shoulders have broadened and I've had to buy some new shirts. Who wants that to happen unless the shoulders are making a contribution in the pool?! :shakeshead: I am quite sure I botched things up when I was young as well. I don't recall technique being emphasized very much way back then. It was all yardage and race stategy and and puking if you were super tough. I never heard the term "SDK" back then, that's for sure. As a result, I've actually been pretty obsessed with technique since I started back. It's jolly good to know that swimmers, such as yourself, can bounce back so well from acute shoulder problems. :applaud: However, I think you may be more patient (and definitely more mindful) than me. We may have different anatomy as well, which causes my shoulder issue to recur. It's that gross "dessication." Yech. Blech.