Hurt Shoulder
03-24-2009 | 09:34 AM
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Hurt Shoulder
Is it ok to go swimming after you hurt your shoulder? I tore an ACL back in December and was swimming laps to work on it. Then I recently tore my rotator cuff. I don't know the full extent of the damage done to that one yet. Went to the doctor and got a shot of cortisone yesterday and man it's feeling like mud today. Thought maybe a few laps then the hot tub would make it better.
03-24-2009 | 11:52 AM
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Sadly the shoulder was on the job. The knee however was from my dancing skills.
03-24-2009 | 01:10 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
I did the rotator cuff skiing...took me almost a year and a variety of exercises to get it back 100%. What a PITA...
It did not like swimming, but after I was well into rehab I forced myself back into the pool to help strengthen it. Be very careful, and don't stress it until you have the inflammation under control (if it hurts when you are not moving, it is probably still inflamed).
Here's what worked, in order:
Ice/Motrin
Surgical Tube/Nautilus Exercises (google)
Calisthenics (google)
Free Weights (google)
Pushups
Swimming
Pullups (save this for last, and start with the machine, not body weight)
Once I got to swimming and pushups, it got much better, much faster.
At your point, stay out of the pool and hot tub. Heat is OK, but only after the inflammation is down...you need ice for now.
It did not like swimming, but after I was well into rehab I forced myself back into the pool to help strengthen it. Be very careful, and don't stress it until you have the inflammation under control (if it hurts when you are not moving, it is probably still inflamed).
Here's what worked, in order:
Ice/Motrin
Surgical Tube/Nautilus Exercises (google)
Calisthenics (google)
Free Weights (google)
Pushups
Swimming
Pullups (save this for last, and start with the machine, not body weight)
Once I got to swimming and pushups, it got much better, much faster.
At your point, stay out of the pool and hot tub. Heat is OK, but only after the inflammation is down...you need ice for now.
03-24-2009 | 02:26 PM
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I did the rotator cuff skiing...took me almost a year and a variety of exercises to get it back 100%. What a PITA...
It did not like swimming, but after I was well into rehab I forced myself back into the pool to help strengthen it. Be very careful, and don't stress it until you have the inflammation under control (if it hurts when you are not moving, it is probably still inflamed).
Here's what worked, in order:
Ice/Motrin
Surgical Tube/Nautilus Exercises (google)
Calisthenics (google)
Free Weights (google)
Pushups
Swimming
Pullups (save this for last, and start with the machine, not body weight)
Once I got to swimming and pushups, it got much better, much faster.
At your point, stay out of the pool and hot tub. Heat is OK, but only after the inflammation is down...you need ice for now.
It did not like swimming, but after I was well into rehab I forced myself back into the pool to help strengthen it. Be very careful, and don't stress it until you have the inflammation under control (if it hurts when you are not moving, it is probably still inflamed).
Here's what worked, in order:
Ice/Motrin
Surgical Tube/Nautilus Exercises (google)
Calisthenics (google)
Free Weights (google)
Pushups
Swimming
Pullups (save this for last, and start with the machine, not body weight)
Once I got to swimming and pushups, it got much better, much faster.
At your point, stay out of the pool and hot tub. Heat is OK, but only after the inflammation is down...you need ice for now.
03-24-2009 | 03:25 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
Rick I thought you only needed ice for the first 24hrs on something like this. How long should I continue icing it down for. It doesn't throb or hurt when I'm not using it but the second I go to pick up my arm it hits pretty hard. Is it normal for the area to feel bad the next day, like really sore, after you get the needle? It went in a pretty long ways and he shoved a syringe about the size of a role of quarters worth of fluid in there. I was hoping the soreness was from cramming so much into a tight space.
03-24-2009 | 07:12 PM
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Ol' buddy, you are asking in the wrong place. If it's really torn then swimming makes about as much sense as throwing fastballs. You need to see a doc and find out the extent of the injury. Don't make a bad situaton worse.
I feel for you. As I age I hurt various things, then overstress other areas while favoring the injury. It's frustrating! My latest is back surgery, but that had nothing to do with swimming. I'll be out of the water until the vertebrae fuse.
Ol' buddy, you are asking in the wrong place. If it's really torn then swimming makes about as much sense as throwing fastballs. You need to see a doc and find out the extent of the injury. Don't make a bad situaton worse.
I feel for you. As I age I hurt various things, then overstress other areas while favoring the injury. It's frustrating! My latest is back surgery, but that had nothing to do with swimming. I'll be out of the water until the vertebrae fuse.
03-25-2009 | 07:21 AM
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It depends on what is broken, torn, stretched, sprained, ripped, or otherwise not working properly. Swimming can be *really* good, or *really really* bad. How is your stroke? Are you technically correct? Are you pushing it? Are you swimming 4 miles daily? Are you splashing around, mostly floating in that oh-so-wonderful hot water?
Pain is the body's way of tellling you to stop doing something.
Pain is the body's way of tellling you to stop doing something.
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