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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I have found that changing the way you exit your hand and start your stroke can significantly reduce shoulder pain. Along with a rehab program, the changing of how you get your hand and arm out of the water and how you set-up your stroke may even eliminate your shoulder pain.
I had the former ASCA president put on a clinic for us and helped one of my swimmers eliminate the severe shoulder pain that had him side-lined (kick lane) for a few weeks. He told the swimmer to roll more and as he pulled his hand out of the water to make sure he could see his palm (the entry was the same). The larger muscles in the front of the shoulder pulled his arm out and the impingement problem went away. I have inhereted swimmers with shoulder problems and helping those swimmers takes a committment from them to religiously do their rehab. Good luck
I have found that changing the way you exit your hand and start your stroke can significantly reduce shoulder pain. Along with a rehab program, the changing of how you get your hand and arm out of the water and how you set-up your stroke may even eliminate your shoulder pain.
I had the former ASCA president put on a clinic for us and helped one of my swimmers eliminate the severe shoulder pain that had him side-lined (kick lane) for a few weeks. He told the swimmer to roll more and as he pulled his hand out of the water to make sure he could see his palm (the entry was the same). The larger muscles in the front of the shoulder pulled his arm out and the impingement problem went away. I have inhereted swimmers with shoulder problems and helping those swimmers takes a committment from them to religiously do their rehab. Good luck
