that I'm probably not going to get too much faster or serious about my swimming return without surgery on my right shoulder. I get an inflamed and impinged tendon (the bicep tendon I believe) in my rotator cuff causing some discomfort, but more that I just lose all strength. I saw a sports doc a few years ago and had an MRI and he wanted to go in but I put it off as I'm 37, not competing or a PRO athlete, and can live with it. It only bugs me when I really start to push and train. Rehab/strengthening doesn't seem to work or help.
Between the shoulder and a back issue (Spondylolysis) I just can't train like I need or want to. I'll still swim, strive to be as good as possible, but it kind of sucks to just realize it. The fixes just are worth going under the knife. I just want to have fun with swimming nowadays anyway, try some open water for the first time, and be healthy. Anyway...sorry, just needed to vent a bit. Nobody likes to be limited!:cane:
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What really set it off was weights (before I got back into swimming) a few years back. Since I finished swimming in college I've always lifted weight pretty regularly and can lift pretty heavy at times. I've had a cortizone shot and it helped some, but was only temporary. Done rehab, helped some, but had to cut out weights. It certainly doesn't help that I like to sleep on my side and on the bad shoulder as well. Surgery is the last option and I really don't want to be down and out for 3 months, or whatever. Plus I'm fine until I really push it. I've pretty much completely cut out bench pressing and doing heavy shoulder exercises (once my forte in the weightroom).....going for less weight and more reps, but sometimes it still gets to me. It generally never really "hurts", but feels like that "pump" you get after lifting weights and then I just lose all strength in it and I'm toast. Even shaving my face and head in the shower (I'm bald!) with right arm over 5-10 minutes aggrivates it.
I guess I really need to talk to the doctor again and just decide what to do. In the end I'd probably be happy I had it done, but its tough to sit out of my many hobbies while I heal (swimming, weights, motorcycles).
What really set it off was weights (before I got back into swimming) a few years back. Since I finished swimming in college I've always lifted weight pretty regularly and can lift pretty heavy at times. I've had a cortizone shot and it helped some, but was only temporary. Done rehab, helped some, but had to cut out weights. It certainly doesn't help that I like to sleep on my side and on the bad shoulder as well. Surgery is the last option and I really don't want to be down and out for 3 months, or whatever. Plus I'm fine until I really push it. I've pretty much completely cut out bench pressing and doing heavy shoulder exercises (once my forte in the weightroom).....going for less weight and more reps, but sometimes it still gets to me. It generally never really "hurts", but feels like that "pump" you get after lifting weights and then I just lose all strength in it and I'm toast. Even shaving my face and head in the shower (I'm bald!) with right arm over 5-10 minutes aggrivates it.
I guess I really need to talk to the doctor again and just decide what to do. In the end I'd probably be happy I had it done, but its tough to sit out of my many hobbies while I heal (swimming, weights, motorcycles).
