I propose a thread honoring old age in which each person lists their current physical ailments and general excuses that prevent them from beating people like Paul Smith and Rich Saeger.
I will lead with a growing list of my own.
1. Shoulder pain
2. Heart palpatations
3. High cholesterol
4. Left hip stress fracture
5. Lower back pain (from shoveling snow!)
6. Wife and 3 kids.
Perhaps we can give an award to the winner and the biggest whiner at the end of this thread.
John Smith
Parents
Former Member
I felt the same way until I had the surgery.....now I'd rather take time off from training than go under the knife! I had to take 2 1/2 months off from Dec. to late February this year! It was very hard...I missed swimming so badly!... but my shoulders are doing great now!:groovy:
Beth:
I got my results...No tears:groovy: There is some fluid from the fall, but nothing needing surgery. The Doc says he can treat it with shots (meaning cortisone). I've heard bad things about them. I see him again in 6 weeks and I hope to be better and not need any.
I will work it this week and do the anti-inflammatories/ice/heat like you suggest. I taper next week, race on 5 May, then will work on recovery for the shoulder. I believe it most resembles "Swimmers Shoulder" (at least some part of me thinks its a swimmer!). I'll try the stretches they showed in that thread.
I have rarely seen anyone warm up before getting in the pool--actually only one other person than me.
Does anyone out there, stretch or warm-up before getting in the water or after getting out? I know Fort seems to rely heavily on the hot tub after the workout. ;)
Should I build time in for that or is ice better?
I have a stretching routine for running and biking, but swimming seem more like weight-lifting then just aerobic.
I felt the same way until I had the surgery.....now I'd rather take time off from training than go under the knife! I had to take 2 1/2 months off from Dec. to late February this year! It was very hard...I missed swimming so badly!... but my shoulders are doing great now!:groovy:
Beth:
I got my results...No tears:groovy: There is some fluid from the fall, but nothing needing surgery. The Doc says he can treat it with shots (meaning cortisone). I've heard bad things about them. I see him again in 6 weeks and I hope to be better and not need any.
I will work it this week and do the anti-inflammatories/ice/heat like you suggest. I taper next week, race on 5 May, then will work on recovery for the shoulder. I believe it most resembles "Swimmers Shoulder" (at least some part of me thinks its a swimmer!). I'll try the stretches they showed in that thread.
I have rarely seen anyone warm up before getting in the pool--actually only one other person than me.
Does anyone out there, stretch or warm-up before getting in the water or after getting out? I know Fort seems to rely heavily on the hot tub after the workout. ;)
Should I build time in for that or is ice better?
I have a stretching routine for running and biking, but swimming seem more like weight-lifting then just aerobic.
