I did some pull-ups last week and injured the rhomboid on the left side of my back. I think it's the rhomboid, anyway. The pain seems to be from near the spine to around the left shoulder blade. I swam a workout immediately after that (last Thursday night) and got through it, but it's been painful since. I also tried to swim on Sunday, but gave up after 45 minutes. I could actually swim OK, but the pain was always there and I didn't want to make it worse. The pain was definitely worse after swimming.
Anyway, the pain is still there today. Should I still swim and just take it easy? Should I limit myself to kicking only, or maybe just stay out of the water entirely for a while? If anyone has dealt with this before I'd be curious what you did.
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I've been carrying the same lately, same cause. If fact, I like (in the gym) to use a very convenient machine that allows me to alternate between pull ups and dips. I was not sure exactly which one of these moves caused the little injury.
I feel it, it's there, but I swim on it. In fact, I always swim on these pain until I am absolutely convinced that rest becomes my only option. Pains stay there longer, but at least they don't interfere too much with the training plan.
If your niggle comes from one of those small muscles, not sure you would make it worst by swimming. I would not recommend that you continue performing pull ups, although it's probably not a deadly sin (I still pull up and dip once a week on the pain, as it there was no pain).
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I just re-read your intro. My pain isn't bad enough to be felt whilst swimming. So I guess that makes your pain bigger than mine.
I've been carrying the same lately, same cause. If fact, I like (in the gym) to use a very convenient machine that allows me to alternate between pull ups and dips. I was not sure exactly which one of these moves caused the little injury.
I feel it, it's there, but I swim on it. In fact, I always swim on these pain until I am absolutely convinced that rest becomes my only option. Pains stay there longer, but at least they don't interfere too much with the training plan.
If your niggle comes from one of those small muscles, not sure you would make it worst by swimming. I would not recommend that you continue performing pull ups, although it's probably not a deadly sin (I still pull up and dip once a week on the pain, as it there was no pain).
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I just re-read your intro. My pain isn't bad enough to be felt whilst swimming. So I guess that makes your pain bigger than mine.
