Hi everyone. I have been doing the interval based workouts posted on the workout section and really enjoying them. However, whenever I try to move up to a faster interval (and add more yards) my left shoulder gets very sore. Does any one have suggestions on how I can strengthen my shoulders to help handle more yards?
There isn't a master's team where I live, but the age group couch has "stroke clinics" for adults that I have been going to once a week to make sure I am using good technique and am not injuring myself with strokes.
Thanks in advance!
~Nicole
Thanks for the replies everyone. I looked into the rotator cuff and scapular stabilizing exercises, and they look like a lot of what I did when i dislocated my other shoulder. So I have started those exercises again. At one point, I had some elastic cords given to me by while i was in PT, but I have no clue where they are, so I am using therabands from an old ankle injury. Hopefully I will get some small, light weights to begin some of the weight exercises instead of just the band ones.
The posts Fortress referred to were interesting. I know I have always had very loose shoulders, to the extreme that the physical therapist did not want me to regain my original range of motion. She also nailed exactly where the pain is, right in the front of my shoulder.
Thanks for the great advice everyone!
Crap, another victim of the genetic loosey gooseys. All I can say is that Beth and I are RC exercise devotees. I also lift weights (no bench press!). When I stop lifting weights, my shoulders hurt more. My doc says the weight lifting (moderate) is what allows me to keep swimming.
Pain in the front of the shoulder is the most typical symptom of tendonitis. If that's what it is, avid RC exercises and some recovery swims should help. PTs sometimes tell you to rest. Unless it's bad, I don't like rest. Neither do others. I get stiffer with rest.
Watch those stretches too! You don't want to make yourself more loosey goosey than you already are. Flexibility is great, but it also makes you more injury prone.
Thanks for the replies everyone. I looked into the rotator cuff and scapular stabilizing exercises, and they look like a lot of what I did when i dislocated my other shoulder. So I have started those exercises again. At one point, I had some elastic cords given to me by while i was in PT, but I have no clue where they are, so I am using therabands from an old ankle injury. Hopefully I will get some small, light weights to begin some of the weight exercises instead of just the band ones.
The posts Fortress referred to were interesting. I know I have always had very loose shoulders, to the extreme that the physical therapist did not want me to regain my original range of motion. She also nailed exactly where the pain is, right in the front of my shoulder.
Thanks for the great advice everyone!
Crap, another victim of the genetic loosey gooseys. All I can say is that Beth and I are RC exercise devotees. I also lift weights (no bench press!). When I stop lifting weights, my shoulders hurt more. My doc says the weight lifting (moderate) is what allows me to keep swimming.
Pain in the front of the shoulder is the most typical symptom of tendonitis. If that's what it is, avid RC exercises and some recovery swims should help. PTs sometimes tell you to rest. Unless it's bad, I don't like rest. Neither do others. I get stiffer with rest.
Watch those stretches too! You don't want to make yourself more loosey goosey than you already are. Flexibility is great, but it also makes you more injury prone.
