I swam Wednesday night, and didn't notice anything wrong. Yesterday I woke up and don't remember noticing anything, then after I was at work awhile I noticed that I had difficulty putting on my jacket. It hurts my left shoulder. In the past, all my shoulder pain was a bursitis (spelling?) issue, and this is very different. Basically it is stiff/tender to lift from my side or to reach behind or forware. The pain seems to be at the top of my shoulder and straight down the arm. I know there are lots of folks with shoulder issues, so I'm wondering how I figure out what I've done. Thanks.
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I tried swimming last night and realized that this shoulder/arm thing is weirder than I originally thought. It hurts during the recovery on freestyle, the initial off the wall underwater pull on breaststroke, and the early part of the pull during backstroke. So other than the breaststroke, it is when the arm is in the “chicken wing” position. That probably doesn’t make a lot of sense. Anyway I found a reference to about 15 threads I’m supposed to read to fill my time since I won’t be doing a lot of swimming.
I don't think it is too weird, those are pretty much the positions that my shoulder bothers me, anytime the elbow gets behind the plane of the body and moves. I don't have problems with front crawl as long as I roll enough that my recovery stays entirely in front of the plane of my body. I don't do back crawl because it always leads to problems. Butterfly doesn't bother me at all as a rule.
Your mileage may vary. Good luck and a speedy recovery.
I tried swimming last night and realized that this shoulder/arm thing is weirder than I originally thought. It hurts during the recovery on freestyle, the initial off the wall underwater pull on breaststroke, and the early part of the pull during backstroke. So other than the breaststroke, it is when the arm is in the “chicken wing” position. That probably doesn’t make a lot of sense. Anyway I found a reference to about 15 threads I’m supposed to read to fill my time since I won’t be doing a lot of swimming.
I don't think it is too weird, those are pretty much the positions that my shoulder bothers me, anytime the elbow gets behind the plane of the body and moves. I don't have problems with front crawl as long as I roll enough that my recovery stays entirely in front of the plane of my body. I don't do back crawl because it always leads to problems. Butterfly doesn't bother me at all as a rule.
Your mileage may vary. Good luck and a speedy recovery.
