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?
Just a quick follow up question...
I am working on these RC exercises and icing. However, should I not be in the pool until I feel better? I've been swimming but my yardage is pretty light. Only about 1700 yds max in a practice (I'm still slow....). I've been doing more kicking, breaststroke and back and taking it easy, etc. Those Zoomers....ugh that blister they gave me hurts worse than my shoulder! I've got to find something else.
Anyway, should I just stay out of the pool? If so, for how long? I hope the answer is I can still swim. I'm loving swimming so much.
Unless you're having intense pain, I'd probably keep swimming. But keep modifying your workouts to include kicking, SDKs, drills, hypoxic work and strokes that don't cause pain. I hate zoomers, myself. If they give you blisters, try the zura fins, which are more forgiving.
I had chronic tendonitis for well over a year before I went to an ART doc (PT didn't work). He sent me for an arthrogram, which showed some labral tearing. I did ART and PRP for a year, and it's substantially better. Although I am chronically paranoid and overprotective of my shoulder ... However, I never stopped swimming. (But, then, I do kick intensive workouts and use fins and monofin.)
If the pain doesn't get better soon, get it checked by an ortho. Although make it a good one; shoulder pain is hard to diagnose, especially without an arthrogram. You have to be proactive with shoulder pain and give it a big dose of RC exercises, PT, massage, ART, etc. Cortisone is a very temporary solution.
Good luck! It may take awhile for it to heal. Give it a few weeks perhaps.
Just a quick follow up question...
I am working on these RC exercises and icing. However, should I not be in the pool until I feel better? I've been swimming but my yardage is pretty light. Only about 1700 yds max in a practice (I'm still slow....). I've been doing more kicking, breaststroke and back and taking it easy, etc. Those Zoomers....ugh that blister they gave me hurts worse than my shoulder! I've got to find something else.
Anyway, should I just stay out of the pool? If so, for how long? I hope the answer is I can still swim. I'm loving swimming so much.
Unless you're having intense pain, I'd probably keep swimming. But keep modifying your workouts to include kicking, SDKs, drills, hypoxic work and strokes that don't cause pain. I hate zoomers, myself. If they give you blisters, try the zura fins, which are more forgiving.
I had chronic tendonitis for well over a year before I went to an ART doc (PT didn't work). He sent me for an arthrogram, which showed some labral tearing. I did ART and PRP for a year, and it's substantially better. Although I am chronically paranoid and overprotective of my shoulder ... However, I never stopped swimming. (But, then, I do kick intensive workouts and use fins and monofin.)
If the pain doesn't get better soon, get it checked by an ortho. Although make it a good one; shoulder pain is hard to diagnose, especially without an arthrogram. You have to be proactive with shoulder pain and give it a big dose of RC exercises, PT, massage, ART, etc. Cortisone is a very temporary solution.
Good luck! It may take awhile for it to heal. Give it a few weeks perhaps.
