I have been swimming lots o yards and my shoulders are hurting. Last year I went to therapy, and got some good execizes that helped. Now the pain is in another area (Trapezius, teres major, rear deltoids). I know I am a bit OCD but I hate stopping training. Should I cut back on yards and increase weightlifting? What about deep tissue massage? Anyone have any thoughts?:confused: This is starting to get depressing.
I have been swimming lots o yards and my shoulders are hurting. Last year I went to therapy, and got some good execizes that helped. Now the pain is in another area (Trapezius, teres major, rear deltoids). I know I am a bit OCD but I hate stopping training. Should I cut back on yards and increase weightlifting? What about deep tissue massage? Anyone have any thoughts?:confused: This is starting to get depressing.
I am in a constant state of shoulder management and used to have more severe pain issues, including the areas you mention. I never stopped swimming. I'm not sold on the "resting" notion for non-acute pain. But you may have to modify your training somewhat for awhile by reducing yardage or adding more kicking, drills or different strokes.
Have you seen a doc? If pain persists have it checked out. In the interim, I would immediately start doing rotator cuff/scapular stabilizing/PT exercises. Deep tissue massage or ART therapy also would likely help.
What kind of weights are you doing? I would not increase the amount of the weights. You might have to cut back for awhile if you're in pain, but I think some light to moderate weight lifting and core work helps my muscles take the load off my shoulders.
If you're doing substantial yardage, you have to keep the shoulders strong and healthy. Try not to get depressed, although I understand it's easy to when you're in pain and want to train. Do the exercises faithfully. Good luck.
I have been swimming lots o yards and my shoulders are hurting. Last year I went to therapy, and got some good execizes that helped. Now the pain is in another area (Trapezius, teres major, rear deltoids). I know I am a bit OCD but I hate stopping training. Should I cut back on yards and increase weightlifting? What about deep tissue massage? Anyone have any thoughts?:confused: This is starting to get depressing.
I am in a constant state of shoulder management and used to have more severe pain issues, including the areas you mention. I never stopped swimming. I'm not sold on the "resting" notion for non-acute pain. But you may have to modify your training somewhat for awhile by reducing yardage or adding more kicking, drills or different strokes.
Have you seen a doc? If pain persists have it checked out. In the interim, I would immediately start doing rotator cuff/scapular stabilizing/PT exercises. Deep tissue massage or ART therapy also would likely help.
What kind of weights are you doing? I would not increase the amount of the weights. You might have to cut back for awhile if you're in pain, but I think some light to moderate weight lifting and core work helps my muscles take the load off my shoulders.
If you're doing substantial yardage, you have to keep the shoulders strong and healthy. Try not to get depressed, although I understand it's easy to when you're in pain and want to train. Do the exercises faithfully. Good luck.
