Are shoulder injuries caused solely by improper stroke mechanics? Can we avoid all pain using perfect technique? Can we throw away the ice pack forever? Or can shoulder pain be caused by other factors as well? Vote if you have an opinion.
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Coach T,
I can't thank you enough for providing so much detail and valid stats on this topic. I always thought that most people rushed to the conclusion it had to be technique, and I knew this was not true; at least not as often as people had said. We all know that poor technique can do a swimmer in, and poor technique with volume yardage may most certainly do a swimmer in, but for those of us who do have textbook strokes and these strokes have served us well, yardage volume and/or body design have to be the main focus as to the reason.
My orthopedic surgeon who performed both of my shoulder surgeries told me from the damage done to my shoulder, it was just too much rotation over a long period of time. He actually created more space in the shoulder so in the future I would have more room to make more rotation without further injury. And now that I think of it, I want to drop his name here because without him, I would not be swimming today. His name is Duc Nguyen from Redwood City, California and he was, for a long time, the orthopedic surgeon for the San Francisco 49ers.
He also did my knee replacement and repaired two broken wrists and arms all done in one terrible fall. And when he did these, he was cutting-edge technology. My downtime was actually minimal compared to others with the same kinds of injuries. Not pertinent to this thread, I just wanted to let people know that may live in the Redwood City, CA area that he may be the fellow for you to see if, god forbid, you have to.
Donna
Coach T,
I can't thank you enough for providing so much detail and valid stats on this topic. I always thought that most people rushed to the conclusion it had to be technique, and I knew this was not true; at least not as often as people had said. We all know that poor technique can do a swimmer in, and poor technique with volume yardage may most certainly do a swimmer in, but for those of us who do have textbook strokes and these strokes have served us well, yardage volume and/or body design have to be the main focus as to the reason.
My orthopedic surgeon who performed both of my shoulder surgeries told me from the damage done to my shoulder, it was just too much rotation over a long period of time. He actually created more space in the shoulder so in the future I would have more room to make more rotation without further injury. And now that I think of it, I want to drop his name here because without him, I would not be swimming today. His name is Duc Nguyen from Redwood City, California and he was, for a long time, the orthopedic surgeon for the San Francisco 49ers.
He also did my knee replacement and repaired two broken wrists and arms all done in one terrible fall. And when he did these, he was cutting-edge technology. My downtime was actually minimal compared to others with the same kinds of injuries. Not pertinent to this thread, I just wanted to let people know that may live in the Redwood City, CA area that he may be the fellow for you to see if, god forbid, you have to.
Donna
