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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I was a diehard shoulder sleeper until my most recent episode with neck/shoulder pain, where both of my shoulders would hurt like a mofo with the simplest arm movements, and tendons would go *TWANG* with the slightest medial rotation. I simply could not sleep on my side and endure the total collapse of the shoulder joint that comes with the position. Nothing like PAIN to make you change your habits! I got a memory foam pillow (has a small neck roll on one side and a slightly larger neck roll on the opposite side, and a head-cradling concavity in between) and I sleep now on my back with 2 pillows under my knees (this helps it be just weird enough if you do turn on youir side in your sleep that it serves as an unconscious deterrant to doing so), with my arms relaxed straight at my sides, not crossed over my chest, not flung hither and yon, just boringly straight by my sides. Combining that with some private coaching on my stroke, perpetual posture awareness (shoulders back and down in a ballet "back connection" position) no jutting my head forward while computing, and weight training to stabilize my shoulders, and I feel normal again!
I gotta say, though, I really miss the fetal position.
Willow
I was a diehard shoulder sleeper until my most recent episode with neck/shoulder pain, where both of my shoulders would hurt like a mofo with the simplest arm movements, and tendons would go *TWANG* with the slightest medial rotation. I simply could not sleep on my side and endure the total collapse of the shoulder joint that comes with the position. Nothing like PAIN to make you change your habits! I got a memory foam pillow (has a small neck roll on one side and a slightly larger neck roll on the opposite side, and a head-cradling concavity in between) and I sleep now on my back with 2 pillows under my knees (this helps it be just weird enough if you do turn on youir side in your sleep that it serves as an unconscious deterrant to doing so), with my arms relaxed straight at my sides, not crossed over my chest, not flung hither and yon, just boringly straight by my sides. Combining that with some private coaching on my stroke, perpetual posture awareness (shoulders back and down in a ballet "back connection" position) no jutting my head forward while computing, and weight training to stabilize my shoulders, and I feel normal again!
I gotta say, though, I really miss the fetal position.
Willow
