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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Thanks Doug! Yeah, all my x-rays, MRI's showed no tears. Back when I was visiting the Doc, about 2 years ago, it WOULD ache and really bother me in the middle of the day when I was just sitting at work. Typing on the keyboard would aggrivate it too back then. It was bad back then, not quite like that now. I'm certainly not over training (at least to my knowledge), so I don't think its that. I'm not a big one for drugs, but in this instance I believe that anti-inflamatory drugs might really help and I'll need to talk to the Doc about that possibly....but again they may also only be a temp cure.
I am also a freestyler, almost exclusively, so I can't really drop that stroke. My next best is back so... I also love pulling with paddles, strap, buoy (or any combination).
The doc I see is a Sports Med doc so I trust his opinion, I just need to get back in there after these few years for a discusion and check up on it and go from there. Who knows? This is all new to me as I never had any health issues while swimming when younger....:cane: creeping up I suppose?!
Thanks Doug! Yeah, all my x-rays, MRI's showed no tears. Back when I was visiting the Doc, about 2 years ago, it WOULD ache and really bother me in the middle of the day when I was just sitting at work. Typing on the keyboard would aggrivate it too back then. It was bad back then, not quite like that now. I'm certainly not over training (at least to my knowledge), so I don't think its that. I'm not a big one for drugs, but in this instance I believe that anti-inflamatory drugs might really help and I'll need to talk to the Doc about that possibly....but again they may also only be a temp cure.
I am also a freestyler, almost exclusively, so I can't really drop that stroke. My next best is back so... I also love pulling with paddles, strap, buoy (or any combination).
The doc I see is a Sports Med doc so I trust his opinion, I just need to get back in there after these few years for a discusion and check up on it and go from there. Who knows? This is all new to me as I never had any health issues while swimming when younger....:cane: creeping up I suppose?!
