Hi im 14 and 2 years ago i got this tricep pain in my right arm. Only at the end of practice though when i was swimming cool down, but it stopped immediatly once i stopped swimming. 2 years later and its only gotten worse. Now I can only swim a 50 before it starts hurting, and about a 100 before my arm goes numb. Breaststroke hurts the worse, and it goes numb quite badly, followed by butterfly, and then freestyle. Back stroke does not cause this pain. I do breath alternetly in my freestyle, and i asked my coach and he said i am putting my arms to deep in the water and maybe thats causing this, but said my *** stroke was perfect, although this hurts the worse. It takes about 4 minutes for the numbness to go away. I went to physical therapy but it does not help. They dont really know whats wrong, also they said i had an inflamed shoulder in my right arm i believe, but they said they dont think this is really causing this. The numbness spreads to my hand; first to the pinky and ring finger and then travels to my palm. Anyone else expiercence this or knows whats wrong with me, please help!
They just did a bunch of things where they moved my arm all these different ways to see if it affected it. They tried to shift some bones around but that only caused me to have to crack my shoulder blades periodically. It hurts outside of swimming as well, lifting my arm up an out with something in it, painting the wall made it go numb. Thank you for your replies :)
What type of a doctor did you go to? Listen to Wookie and go to an orthopaedic specialist who specializes in neck/spine. Numbness isn't something you should just live with, because it can indicate a damaged nerve that can cause permanent nerve damage.
Believe me, I've learned A LOT about the subject, having gone through a back surgery, shoulder surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, and almost having to go through surgery for tarsal tunnel syndrome (like carpal tunnel, but in the foot).
Talk to your parents and show them this thread. Please ask them to get you the proper medical care, so you don't wind up with permanent damage.
Good luck, and let us know how it goes! :)
They just did a bunch of things where they moved my arm all these different ways to see if it affected it. They tried to shift some bones around but that only caused me to have to crack my shoulder blades periodically. It hurts outside of swimming as well, lifting my arm up an out with something in it, painting the wall made it go numb. Thank you for your replies :)
What type of a doctor did you go to? Listen to Wookie and go to an orthopaedic specialist who specializes in neck/spine. Numbness isn't something you should just live with, because it can indicate a damaged nerve that can cause permanent nerve damage.
Believe me, I've learned A LOT about the subject, having gone through a back surgery, shoulder surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, and almost having to go through surgery for tarsal tunnel syndrome (like carpal tunnel, but in the foot).
Talk to your parents and show them this thread. Please ask them to get you the proper medical care, so you don't wind up with permanent damage.
Good luck, and let us know how it goes! :)
