La Jolla 5 mile Tour of the Buoys 2009

RE: La Jolla 5 mile Tour of the Buoys 2009

Former Member — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:46:23 GMT

I had an mri last week on my left shoulder because of pain I`ve been experiencing the last year. Today the Doc. told me that I tore the rotator cuff and require surgery. He says I wont be swimming for 3 months.....ugh. Anyone here had this surgery before?

RE: La Jolla 5 mile Tour of the Buoys 2009

Stephen ONeill — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:53:35 GMT

Luckily , I have not had rotator cuff surgery but my wife had the surgery 16 months ago due to a ski accident, she was back swimming with her bad arm in approximately three months, during her time off , she did a lot of kicking, and a lot of one arm, when she came back , she used fins (zoomers) for most of her workouts for another four months, then slowly weaned herself from the fins, she uses fins when her shoulder gets sore which happens about every two weeks or so, she does not use paddles and just recently started doing a little bit of fly, on her good days she is swimming almost as fast as she was before her ski accident

RE: La Jolla 5 mile Tour of the Buoys 2009

Former Member — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:33:32 GMT

i agree with patrick. when i started working on a 2 beat kick, there was a period of adjustment and it actually took more effort than a six beat. after a couple of years, it is second nature and i can turn it on or off without skipping a beat (i know... the pun)

RE: La Jolla 5 mile Tour of the Buoys 2009

Patrick W. Brundage — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:03:27 GMT

Should I continue with this method of swimming? I never was a fast swimmer, I only enter races because it is exciting. IMHO yes. The technique approach from TI is sound, but technique alone doesn't make you faster. If you ramp up your speed and intensity of training while holding onto your technique, you'll ideally swim faster.