I am young.. 24... I think that my problem may be related to overuse from weightlifting and swimming over the years... anyways I used to never have problems with swimming, only certain weightlifting exercises would aggravate it, but recently it has been feeling funny.
Whenever my left shoulder feels really stretched out in my armpit area. If I try and stretch my chest I dont get a whole lot out of the stretch as I feel my armpit stretching out more. The whole area does not feel nearly as stable as the right side. When I do the catch I feel like I could take a much harder stroke if it was not for the weakness of that area. Also, I tend to dip my left arm into the water in a very awkward motion during freestyle... I think I am shying away from getting my elbow high and then pushing it far out in front of me. Lots of popping and clicking going on.
I have been doing plenty of RC exercises and other exercises to strengthen the area around my shoulder blade on that side... and I do feel them working but when I go to swim again it sets me back.
I should also mention that there is usually no pain and probably no inflamation either.
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sounds familar. i was suffering pain in the front of my left shoulder, which would not go away. I went to the physio who diagnosed a weak serratus anterior. i was given exercises to do and found some others in Complete Conditioning for Swimming. the pain at the front came from weakness at the back!!!!
The results have been amazing. interestingly the weakness developed because i broke a clavicle badly a few years ago and the seratus anterior probably weakened during the healing process. i ended up with a twist in my upper body and a winged shoulder blade.
two months on and i can't tell you how good I feel whilst swimming and because of a general posture change.
don't know if it helps but its my tuppence worth
sounds familar. i was suffering pain in the front of my left shoulder, which would not go away. I went to the physio who diagnosed a weak serratus anterior. i was given exercises to do and found some others in Complete Conditioning for Swimming. the pain at the front came from weakness at the back!!!!
The results have been amazing. interestingly the weakness developed because i broke a clavicle badly a few years ago and the seratus anterior probably weakened during the healing process. i ended up with a twist in my upper body and a winged shoulder blade.
two months on and i can't tell you how good I feel whilst swimming and because of a general posture change.
don't know if it helps but its my tuppence worth
