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.
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Have you thought about trying a different type of pillow? I had bad shoulder problems for a long time, then I switched pillows and it went away. My wife bought new pillows and it came back along with really bad neck pains. I thought it was just getting older and swimming. Then I switched back to my old pillow and it went away. I don't have any shoulder or neck pains now. It took me a long time to figure out that it wasn't the swimming that was causing the pain. I use a very hard pillow, I get the pains when I sleep on a soft one. I don't like using the hotel pillows anymore because I wake up with pain the next day if I do. You could at least try it and see what happens.
Have you thought about trying a different type of pillow? I had bad shoulder problems for a long time, then I switched pillows and it went away. My wife bought new pillows and it came back along with really bad neck pains. I thought it was just getting older and swimming. Then I switched back to my old pillow and it went away. I don't have any shoulder or neck pains now. It took me a long time to figure out that it wasn't the swimming that was causing the pain. I use a very hard pillow, I get the pains when I sleep on a soft one. I don't like using the hotel pillows anymore because I wake up with pain the next day if I do. You could at least try it and see what happens.
