I am experiencing some mild shoulder pain on the front of my right front shoulder. It hurts if I press on it with some firmness. I feel it when I swim but it's not overwhelming.
I'm laying off the weights in the gym until this feels better. I haven't done anything in the gym since Wednesday last week so I don't think this is recent. I swam on Friday but it didn't start bothering me until late Saturday.
Any suggestions?
Rotator cuff tendinitis usually arises from impingement, a situation that is created at least in part by muscle imbalance. As Fort posted, you need to strengthen the rotator cuff muscles with specific exercises (nicely described in the USA Swimming article). Otherwise the problem will become chronic.
I think of those exercises sort of like brushing my teeth. Just basic maintenance for an essential system. If you have a desk job (or if you like to watch TV) you can do several of the exercises while using your eyes and brain for something else.
Rotator cuff tendinitis usually arises from impingement, a situation that is created at least in part by muscle imbalance. As Fort posted, you need to strengthen the rotator cuff muscles with specific exercises (nicely described in the USA Swimming article). Otherwise the problem will become chronic.
I think of those exercises sort of like brushing my teeth. Just basic maintenance for an essential system. If you have a desk job (or if you like to watch TV) you can do several of the exercises while using your eyes and brain for something else.
