Is this a good exercise for swimmers? I tried it recently and was surprised how weak I was on my non-dominant (right) side, which is also the side I've had some nagging shoulder soreness up until recently.
I have been ignoring my deltoids in my weight training routine up until about a month ago, to go easy on my shoulders. Recently I started doing some exercises that target the deltoids and my shoulder soreness has diminished a lot, so I plan to keep it up and maybe try more exercises.
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She must be looking for more clients. When I rehabed my shoulder we did a thumb up exercise with 2lbs weights. That was only after I showed my therapist the range of motion I used on all four strokes. Since you enter the water thumb down essentially in backstroke we did an exercise where I laid on the table and lifted the 2lbs weights thumbs up very slowly.
Thumbs down is bad, bad, bad!!!!
Thumb down entry on backstroke?! It should be thumbs up coming out of the water then rotating with the pinky going in the water first as you throw your arm and shoulder back.
We used to do these front raises when I swam 20 years ago, never with heavy weight though. I prefer to do stretch cords (surgical tubing) for shoulder raises now when swimming. I have impingment issues in my right shoulder now from all the lifting I've done in the last 15 "non swimming" years. I've had cordizone shots in it, an MRI and probably should get it scoped per the doctor......but I prefer to soldier on rather than going under the knife and hoping its better, we'll see over time.
BTW, I never had shoulder problems in my 17 years of swimming from age 7-23. It was only AFTER swimming when I started doing other sports (softball, Rugby, lifting) that I started to develop a bad wheel.
She must be looking for more clients. When I rehabed my shoulder we did a thumb up exercise with 2lbs weights. That was only after I showed my therapist the range of motion I used on all four strokes. Since you enter the water thumb down essentially in backstroke we did an exercise where I laid on the table and lifted the 2lbs weights thumbs up very slowly.
Thumbs down is bad, bad, bad!!!!
Thumb down entry on backstroke?! It should be thumbs up coming out of the water then rotating with the pinky going in the water first as you throw your arm and shoulder back.
We used to do these front raises when I swam 20 years ago, never with heavy weight though. I prefer to do stretch cords (surgical tubing) for shoulder raises now when swimming. I have impingment issues in my right shoulder now from all the lifting I've done in the last 15 "non swimming" years. I've had cordizone shots in it, an MRI and probably should get it scoped per the doctor......but I prefer to soldier on rather than going under the knife and hoping its better, we'll see over time.
BTW, I never had shoulder problems in my 17 years of swimming from age 7-23. It was only AFTER swimming when I started doing other sports (softball, Rugby, lifting) that I started to develop a bad wheel.
