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 sometimes get frustrated with some health care professionals, all they say to do is stop exercizing and take these drugs.
No kidding! It's "have a cortisone shot." Now, they do help, but only initially and it's a temporary fix. Or "take muscle relaxers." No long term effect. Some orthos are very good, but there are few who treat real swimmers who train real yardage. They think we're from Mars. You have to be very assertive about finding out what steps you need to take to fix the pain. Unfortunately, they can be very time consuming and boring, i.e., RC exercises. Snooze. But I still think it's difficult to train hard without some bodywork and RC work. Your muscles freak out and pull on the tendons ... your RC is weak, so you compensate with other muscles and they get overloaded, etc. Just be persistent. I have to go to ART 2x a month just to keep swimming.
I sometimes get frustrated with some health care professionals, all they say to do is stop exercizing and take these drugs.
No kidding! It's "have a cortisone shot." Now, they do help, but only initially and it's a temporary fix. Or "take muscle relaxers." No long term effect. Some orthos are very good, but there are few who treat real swimmers who train real yardage. They think we're from Mars. You have to be very assertive about finding out what steps you need to take to fix the pain. Unfortunately, they can be very time consuming and boring, i.e., RC exercises. Snooze. But I still think it's difficult to train hard without some bodywork and RC work. Your muscles freak out and pull on the tendons ... your RC is weak, so you compensate with other muscles and they get overloaded, etc. Just be persistent. I have to go to ART 2x a month just to keep swimming.
