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
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Crap. I hate dealing with tendinitis. I have dealt with it in both ankles before, and definitely want to get it dealt with before it becomes very bad. Can I ask exactly what a "recovery swim" is? Usually when my shoulders are bugging me, i make sure i go easy for the night. If I am doing intervals, i do a very easy interval so my shoulders have time to rest between swims. If one stroke gives me more problems (usually back), i avoid it. If my shoulders start hurting, i rest, try a little stretching, and put on fins. If it doesn't help, i either just kick or get out.
Usually I don't like to completely stop for more than a few days (although I did stop for a week earlier this month). I try to do more with stretching, going easy, and making sure I am listening to what my body is telling me. I have also found that taking Glucosamine has helped in the past, so I've been taking that again as well.
I'll also stop stretching, or at least cut it way back. I never thought of it doing more harm than good.
Right now my usual schedule is I swim from 6:30-7:45, go home, eat dinner, do RC exercises, then out come two ice packs. Even though my right shoulder is rarely painful, it always feels good to put an ice pack on it, so i have a feeling that there is trouble starting, and i am just keeping it at bay. I use Advil for pain/inflammation. My theory on anti-inflammatory meds is pretty much the same as yours, that if there is pain, there is inflation going on, and will use them when things get bad. However, I only take at bedtime to avoid hiding pain.
Crap. I hate dealing with tendinitis. I have dealt with it in both ankles before, and definitely want to get it dealt with before it becomes very bad. Can I ask exactly what a "recovery swim" is? Usually when my shoulders are bugging me, i make sure i go easy for the night. If I am doing intervals, i do a very easy interval so my shoulders have time to rest between swims. If one stroke gives me more problems (usually back), i avoid it. If my shoulders start hurting, i rest, try a little stretching, and put on fins. If it doesn't help, i either just kick or get out.
Usually I don't like to completely stop for more than a few days (although I did stop for a week earlier this month). I try to do more with stretching, going easy, and making sure I am listening to what my body is telling me. I have also found that taking Glucosamine has helped in the past, so I've been taking that again as well.
I'll also stop stretching, or at least cut it way back. I never thought of it doing more harm than good.
Right now my usual schedule is I swim from 6:30-7:45, go home, eat dinner, do RC exercises, then out come two ice packs. Even though my right shoulder is rarely painful, it always feels good to put an ice pack on it, so i have a feeling that there is trouble starting, and i am just keeping it at bay. I use Advil for pain/inflammation. My theory on anti-inflammatory meds is pretty much the same as yours, that if there is pain, there is inflation going on, and will use them when things get bad. However, I only take at bedtime to avoid hiding pain.
