I would like to begin swimming again, but I am a little fearful of trying to begin again. I was a distance swimmer 30 years ago. My swimming career lasted 20 years. Since that time I have gained about 30 pounds, aged 30 years, have a prothesis for a shoulder and can not quite get my left arm out of the water to swim freestyle .... forget ever doing butterfly or backstroke again. I am afraid if I go to the local public pool and try to swim one lap I will never make it. I have no idea how to even begin the process. My four sisters are all swimming again in other parts of the country, but none are dealing with physical limitations so they don't know how to help me. Anyone have any good ideas.
thanks
Zoe
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Without any weight, I can lift my arm above my head. With a two pound weight I can lift it in front of me even with my shoulder. I can not rotate the arm around past my head (as in back stroke). From my side I can lift my arm about 6 inches short of being even with my shoulder. May of the tendons and ligaments are not attached to the prothesis because that technology was not available at the time of my accident. Thanks for the response.
Without any weight, I can lift my arm above my head. With a two pound weight I can lift it in front of me even with my shoulder. I can not rotate the arm around past my head (as in back stroke). From my side I can lift my arm about 6 inches short of being even with my shoulder. May of the tendons and ligaments are not attached to the prothesis because that technology was not available at the time of my accident. Thanks for the response.
