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Swimming with rhomboid strain

knelson
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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  • Hi Kirk, If I were you, I would rest the injury and see a physical therapist ASAP. They have the knowledge to get you back quickly. Also, if you need a water fix - Kick, kick and kick! SDKs, 25yard blasts and my fav 5 x 200 w/ or w/out a board. While your healing, you can build a killer kick! Good luck and I hope your injury heals quickly. Philipp Normally I'd do the same thing as you're doing, Solar, but that wasn't really an option this time. When I swam last Sunday I could hardly move my arm afterward and I couldn't even lift myself up or turn over in bed at night. It was bad. The good news is it's really seemed to improve today. I'm hoping to get in tomorrow at least for a little while.
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  • Hi Kirk, If I were you, I would rest the injury and see a physical therapist ASAP. They have the knowledge to get you back quickly. Also, if you need a water fix - Kick, kick and kick! SDKs, 25yard blasts and my fav 5 x 200 w/ or w/out a board. While your healing, you can build a killer kick! Good luck and I hope your injury heals quickly. Philipp Normally I'd do the same thing as you're doing, Solar, but that wasn't really an option this time. When I swam last Sunday I could hardly move my arm afterward and I couldn't even lift myself up or turn over in bed at night. It was bad. The good news is it's really seemed to improve today. I'm hoping to get in tomorrow at least for a little while.
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