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?
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Another newbie bites the dust ...
Sorry you're in pain, Mary. Very common for new swimmers. Does sound like tendonitis.
Ice if fine, but you can't spend your life icing. Are you doing rotator cuff exercises at the gym? What weights are you doing? I have a cranky left shoulder, and am constantly managing it. RC exercises and weights help me tremendously. However, I stay away from overhead weights (e.g. bench press).
Check out this thread, which references other shoulder threads and discusses RC exercises. forums.usms.org/showthread.php
I've said it before, but I also find ART pretty effective for tendonitis, if yours keeps acting up. www.activerelease.com. If it worsens, consider kicking or using fins for awhile in practice while you strengthen the RC muscles.
This is great information in the thread listed above! I wish you the best, and thank you, Fortress, for posting this!
Another newbie bites the dust ...
Sorry you're in pain, Mary. Very common for new swimmers. Does sound like tendonitis.
Ice if fine, but you can't spend your life icing. Are you doing rotator cuff exercises at the gym? What weights are you doing? I have a cranky left shoulder, and am constantly managing it. RC exercises and weights help me tremendously. However, I stay away from overhead weights (e.g. bench press).
Check out this thread, which references other shoulder threads and discusses RC exercises. forums.usms.org/showthread.php
I've said it before, but I also find ART pretty effective for tendonitis, if yours keeps acting up. www.activerelease.com. If it worsens, consider kicking or using fins for awhile in practice while you strengthen the RC muscles.
This is great information in the thread listed above! I wish you the best, and thank you, Fortress, for posting this!
