I am suffering from tendinitis of my right shoulder and am having to take it easy, but I am fearful because my first meet in 15+ years is in a week and I really want to be 100% well to swim. Any suggestions on how to take care of my sholder while not completely compromising training??? And I do know I need to take a break from the pool to allow it to heal, but ugggggh! Any suggestions would be great!!
Diana
I got a diagnosis of tendinitis in my left shoulder last March. I didn't swim a hard stroke for five weeks. All I did was kick.
Here we are in November, and I'm relatively pain free. On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain is a 1.5. In April, it was a solid 6 every day. If I had decided to swim through rehab, I wouldn't be in the pool right now, in my opinion.
Skip the meet and get the shoulder healed. Your body is too precious to waste on one meet. Sure, you might be able to do a start and feel OK during the race, but it's a different story when the adrenaline wears off.
I got a diagnosis of tendinitis in my left shoulder last March. I didn't swim a hard stroke for five weeks. All I did was kick.
Here we are in November, and I'm relatively pain free. On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain is a 1.5. In April, it was a solid 6 every day. If I had decided to swim through rehab, I wouldn't be in the pool right now, in my opinion.
Skip the meet and get the shoulder healed. Your body is too precious to waste on one meet. Sure, you might be able to do a start and feel OK during the race, but it's a different story when the adrenaline wears off.
