Shoulder Injury???

Anyone here experience any type of shoulder injury that kept you out of the water for more than a month?? How did you rehab? Was your injury related to Freestyle and free pulling with paddles or another stroke? Are breaststrokers suseptible to any specific type of shoulder injury? Would love everyone's feedback! ...missing the pool... Diagnosis was AC joint arthritis - basically, the cartilage is gone in the ac joint, which leads to bone on bone friction when the joint is compressed. Ortho surgeon assured me that it was not rotator cuff related, but more likely wear and tear over the years. No MRI recommended. RIGHT SHOULDER Fall 2008 Not sure what the specific event was that triggered it. I do recall a twinge in my right shoulder a few years ago in a race. In the am I couldn't lift my arm over my head. I slept on my shoulders, and that may have triggered it. Got a steroid injection in the joint by the surgeon. Immediate relief. Problem-free since. LEFT SHOULDER Summer 2009 Problems similar to right shoulder, though not as severe. Went for injection, had little relief, and pain persisted through LCM Nats in Indy. LEFT SHOULDER Fall 2009 Went back for another injection. Immediate relief, basically problem-free since, though some range of motion limitation. Conclusion: Summer 2009 injection missed the joint, and hit bone instead(!). I do not use paddles anymore - until the first injury I was a heavy user of paddles for FR and BR pulling (and was very aggressive/fast doing so). I do a range of shoulder exercises - RC exercises using thera-band, bent-over rows, scapular shrugs, etc. These are key. I was never out of the water for more than a few days, though what I could do was limited. As a BR'er, I notice that shoulder problems are exacerbated by having muscular imbalances (tight pecs and traps, etc). I do a series of stretches from "Genius of Flexibility" that have helped tremendously). :2cents:

Anyone here experience any type of shoulder injury that kept you out of the water for more than a month?? How did you rehab? Was your injury related to Freestyle and free pulling with paddles or another stroke? Are breaststrokers suseptible to any specific type of shoulder injury? Would love everyone's feedback! ...missing the pool... Diagnosis was AC joint arthritis - basically, the cartilage is gone in the ac joint, which leads to bone on bone friction when the joint is compressed. Ortho surgeon assured me that it was not rotator cuff related, but more likely wear and tear over the years. No MRI recommended. RIGHT SHOULDER Fall 2008 Not sure what the specific event was that triggered it. I do recall a twinge in my right shoulder a few years ago in a race. In the am I couldn't lift my arm over my head. I slept on my shoulders, and that may have triggered it. Got a steroid injection in the joint by the surgeon. Immediate relief. Problem-free since. LEFT SHOULDER Summer 2009 Problems similar to right shoulder, though not as severe. Went for injection, had little relief, and pain persisted through LCM Nats in Indy. LEFT SHOULDER Fall 2009 Went back for another injection. Immediate relief, basically problem-free since, though some range of motion limitation. Conclusion: Summer 2009 injection missed the joint, and hit bone instead(!). I do not use paddles anymore - until the first injury I was a heavy user of paddles for FR and BR pulling (and was very aggressive/fast doing so). I do a range of shoulder exercises - RC exercises using thera-band, bent-over rows, scapular shrugs, etc. These are key. I was never out of the water for more than a few days, though what I could do was limited. As a BR'er, I notice that shoulder problems are exacerbated by having muscular imbalances (tight pecs and traps, etc). I do a series of stretches from "Genius of Flexibility" that have helped tremendously). :2cents: