What is it?
Painful shoulder overuse injuries that occur in swimmers.
- There are various parts of your shoulder that can be injured from your swimming stroke, your pain can be anything from a local pain near the shoulder joint, to a spreading pain that travels up your shoulder and neck or down into your arm.
- Being an overuse injury, it is caused by repeated trauma rather than a specific incident.
- If this goes on, injuries such as below can occur:
- It may take several weeks to improve.
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Diagnosis Tests
Consider:
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Recovery Time
Shoulder Recovery swimming
- Rest.
- This might mean total rest with no swimming for about 24 to 48 hours depending on the severity.
- Or you may be able to swim, but decrease yardage while you avoid butterfly, backstroke or kicking only with your arms at your side.
- Wait a few days until you’re free of pain before you resume swim training.
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Shoulder recovery Rotary Shoulder
- The minimum time for recovery from rotator cuff tendonitis or a small tear is generally two to four weeks treatment and exercises, and tears can be a minimum four months.
Cause
- Over-training
- Fatigue
- Hypermobility
- Poor stroke technique
- Weakness
- Tightness
- Previous shoulder injury or use of hand paddles can lead to your muscles and ligaments being overworked.
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Symptoms
- Pain and swelling in the front of the shoulder and side of the arm?
- Pain in shoulder triggered by raising or lowering the arm?
- Clicking sound when raising the arm?
- Aching, painful muscles, muscle cramps/spasms/stiffness?
- Joint stiffness and pain?
- Pain in shoulder that causes you to wake from sleep?
- Pain in shoulder when reaching behind the back?
- Loss of mobility and strength in the affected arm?
Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:
This condition can lead to:
Recovery Time
Shoulder Recovery swimming
- Rest.
- This might mean total rest with no swimming for about 24 to 48 hours depending on the severity.
- Or you may be able to swim, but decrease yardage while you avoid butterfly, backstroke or kicking only with your arms at your side.
- Wait a few days until you’re free of pain before you resume swim training.
coastalorthorteam.com
Shoulder recovery Rotary Shoulder
- The minimum time for recovery from rotator cuff tendonitis or a small tear is generally two to four weeks treatment and exercises, and tears can be a minimum four months.
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
Detailed Information
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