I'm sure most of you can relate to this. About November of last year my shoulders started to swell
up after anytime I swam more than 2000 m. Being a lifeguard, I would still have to regularly swim
1000 m every few weeks, and thats all the swimming that I pretty much did from Jan to April. Even
during those brief 1000 m swims my shoulders would still have to be iced down afterwards, and there
was quite a bit of swelling.
So considering that I really did not swim during nearly a 5 month period, I've started up again. The
gym where I'm doing this has a steam room / cold plunge, which I use religiously because I do not
want my shoulders to start hurting again. I'm currently in the pool about 3 hours a day, not sure
how many meters I would be doing (maybe 5,000 ?) and I am doing about freestyle half the time, and
split between breast / back / fly the rest of the time.
If my shoulders feel fine right now, does this mean that all they really needed was a break from
swimming for a little while? Or am I in danger of having them start to flare up again? I'm only 22
and have never had any other nagging injuries in my life. Thanks.
Adam