I am trying to increase volume and swim about 15-20K a week. Most of these yards a hard with not alot of drill yardage. I have sore shoulders all the time. Not injured, but sore and very tired. I have to be carefull how I sleep on them and not to put strain on them doing mundane daily activity.
....Is this normal?
ART is active release therapy, right? how often do you have this treatment? Is it something you can get a few times and go about your business, or do they try to suck you in for multiple monthly visits indefinitely. Not that I need it at this point, I'm just curious.
Your are correct. ART = active release therapy, www.activerelease.com.
I have written about this before, but for those who haven't read it:
If you have a good ART/chiro doc, they will not and should not suck you in indefinitely. But it is essential that you find an excellent, highly-recommended doc. I am lucky to have one such as this. I use ART in three ways:
1. When PT failed to fix a chronic shoulder problem, I turned to ART to control/alleviate the tendonitis. I went 2x a week for a month and was significantly better. When the pain recurred months later, I went back. My ART doc didn't recommend or continue the same 2x per week regimen treatment. Rather,he sent me for an arthrogram (which my orthopod had failed to do) which revealed my compromised labrum and a slap lesion. Then, he referred me to my prolo doc. He has only given me excellent advice. He is very knowledgable and constantly attending seminars to expand his knowledge. He is also one of the ART docs attending triathlons like Kona. But you can get an idiot chiro, no doubt.
2. I got in for ART now every few weeks when my muscles get out of whack from training. ART releases the impingment and makes my shoulders and scapular area feel better very quickly. It's like a check up for me. My insurance covers 20 visits per year, so I'm well within that.
3. I use ART to supplement the prolo because I was told it would make the prolo more effective.
In sum,
Year one or more of masters swimming: constant pain & tendonitis, constant icing, lots of ibuprofen, 2 cortisone shots.
Most of year two: no icing, no ibuprofen, some pain and tenderness, but much much better. Will hopefully continue to get better with prolo (see, www.treatingpain.com or the Aug. 7 article by Jane Brody in the NYT entitled "Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair."
I still have to baby my shoulders and abnormal larum. I do that chiefly with fins and RC exercises now, not meds and ice.
However, the proper treatment always depends on the nature of the underlying problem.
ART is active release therapy, right? how often do you have this treatment? Is it something you can get a few times and go about your business, or do they try to suck you in for multiple monthly visits indefinitely. Not that I need it at this point, I'm just curious.
Your are correct. ART = active release therapy, www.activerelease.com.
I have written about this before, but for those who haven't read it:
If you have a good ART/chiro doc, they will not and should not suck you in indefinitely. But it is essential that you find an excellent, highly-recommended doc. I am lucky to have one such as this. I use ART in three ways:
1. When PT failed to fix a chronic shoulder problem, I turned to ART to control/alleviate the tendonitis. I went 2x a week for a month and was significantly better. When the pain recurred months later, I went back. My ART doc didn't recommend or continue the same 2x per week regimen treatment. Rather,he sent me for an arthrogram (which my orthopod had failed to do) which revealed my compromised labrum and a slap lesion. Then, he referred me to my prolo doc. He has only given me excellent advice. He is very knowledgable and constantly attending seminars to expand his knowledge. He is also one of the ART docs attending triathlons like Kona. But you can get an idiot chiro, no doubt.
2. I got in for ART now every few weeks when my muscles get out of whack from training. ART releases the impingment and makes my shoulders and scapular area feel better very quickly. It's like a check up for me. My insurance covers 20 visits per year, so I'm well within that.
3. I use ART to supplement the prolo because I was told it would make the prolo more effective.
In sum,
Year one or more of masters swimming: constant pain & tendonitis, constant icing, lots of ibuprofen, 2 cortisone shots.
Most of year two: no icing, no ibuprofen, some pain and tenderness, but much much better. Will hopefully continue to get better with prolo (see, www.treatingpain.com or the Aug. 7 article by Jane Brody in the NYT entitled "Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair."
I still have to baby my shoulders and abnormal larum. I do that chiefly with fins and RC exercises now, not meds and ice.
However, the proper treatment always depends on the nature of the underlying problem.
