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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its been six months and my shoulder pain/discomfort still comes and goes...
I find what works for me is:
rc work (I do a lot of side lying external rotations only to where my forearm is perpindicular to my body with NO weight)
lots of work on the rear delts
anything that strengthens the muscles around the scapula (lots of light db rows)
I read "Shoulder Savers Parts 1-3" by Eric Cressey (Its mainly for powerlifters but who its for is moot... the exercises are designed to rehabiliate the shoulder and ensure it is powerful through its full ROM... and he focuses on the serratus (ribcage muscle right next to the nipple) that stabalizes the scapula
I have my new deductible starting Jan 1st so maybe I will get an MRI then but I feel like its not going to show anything significant (dont think I have a tear) ... think my biomechanics is off and I need to learn to use muscles that I have not been using and I need to correct my posture so I am not really slouching ever (winged scapula)
its been six months and my shoulder pain/discomfort still comes and goes...
I find what works for me is:
rc work (I do a lot of side lying external rotations only to where my forearm is perpindicular to my body with NO weight)
lots of work on the rear delts
anything that strengthens the muscles around the scapula (lots of light db rows)
I read "Shoulder Savers Parts 1-3" by Eric Cressey (Its mainly for powerlifters but who its for is moot... the exercises are designed to rehabiliate the shoulder and ensure it is powerful through its full ROM... and he focuses on the serratus (ribcage muscle right next to the nipple) that stabalizes the scapula
I have my new deductible starting Jan 1st so maybe I will get an MRI then but I feel like its not going to show anything significant (dont think I have a tear) ... think my biomechanics is off and I need to learn to use muscles that I have not been using and I need to correct my posture so I am not really slouching ever (winged scapula)
