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:
I had tendonitis/bursitis in my left shoulder last year. Sports medicine doc convinced me to get a shot. It helped me, but it doesn't help everyone. Hated to be out of the water, so I spent the next three months doing kicking only workouts. I don't really like kicking but was able to devise great workouts that went 2500+ yards. Did repeats, sprints, negative splits etc. Began to enjoy the challenge of kicking. Tried to kick a better time at 50, 100, 200 etc. Iced the shoulder everyday after swimming and for 15 minutes at night. Also took anti-inflammatory.
After 3 months of kicking I very gingerly started to swim. This all started in January and by the first week in April I was beginning to swim harder. I should also mention that I swam with fins on occasion to lesson the strain on the shoulder. Went to Austin in May and with only 4 weeks of good training did not do any lifetime bests. However, I swam the best 50 free I had in years, but as the distances got longer up to 500, the conditioning just wasn't there. I still occasionally, like this Monday, feel a slight tweak in the shoulder. I did a kicking workout yesterday and today just to rest the shoulder as I am getting ready for SCM championships in Long Beach next week. No pain and the rest is good. After Long Beach, I plan to take a month off to rest the shoulder and get back into training in January for the SCY season. BTW, the sports doc asked me if I ever take any time off. I told him no since I have always been afraid to stop, thinking that it will never come back. He convinced me that I should take time off, thus the month off after Long Beach. I still do the shoulder exercises 2x's a week.
Did I mention that I am 59 and am doing lifetime bests in the 500 free? My bests swims are still ahead of me! Don't despair, and don't give up, but throw away those paddles!!!!!
I had tendonitis/bursitis in my left shoulder last year. Sports medicine doc convinced me to get a shot. It helped me, but it doesn't help everyone. Hated to be out of the water, so I spent the next three months doing kicking only workouts. I don't really like kicking but was able to devise great workouts that went 2500+ yards. Did repeats, sprints, negative splits etc. Began to enjoy the challenge of kicking. Tried to kick a better time at 50, 100, 200 etc. Iced the shoulder everyday after swimming and for 15 minutes at night. Also took anti-inflammatory.
After 3 months of kicking I very gingerly started to swim. This all started in January and by the first week in April I was beginning to swim harder. I should also mention that I swam with fins on occasion to lesson the strain on the shoulder. Went to Austin in May and with only 4 weeks of good training did not do any lifetime bests. However, I swam the best 50 free I had in years, but as the distances got longer up to 500, the conditioning just wasn't there. I still occasionally, like this Monday, feel a slight tweak in the shoulder. I did a kicking workout yesterday and today just to rest the shoulder as I am getting ready for SCM championships in Long Beach next week. No pain and the rest is good. After Long Beach, I plan to take a month off to rest the shoulder and get back into training in January for the SCY season. BTW, the sports doc asked me if I ever take any time off. I told him no since I have always been afraid to stop, thinking that it will never come back. He convinced me that I should take time off, thus the month off after Long Beach. I still do the shoulder exercises 2x's a week.
Did I mention that I am 59 and am doing lifetime bests in the 500 free? My bests swims are still ahead of me! Don't despair, and don't give up, but throw away those paddles!!!!!
