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I notice that, when I'm really reaching far in front of during front
crawl, I can get a little further reach if I "shrug" my shoulder but I'm concerned this might be bad for my shoulder. I know from weight training that keeping the shoulder down in the socket is important but, given that this is in the water and all that, I don't know if it's enough different to matter or if perhaps this varies by the individual swimmer. Of course, I'm after the maximum reach with risk of injury. All in all, whatever I'm doing in both lifting and swimming hasn't caused me any serious problems but I do notice I sometimes feel like I have a bit of stiff neck, for lack of a better description. Other: 48 years old, male, recreational swimmer who can turn in a :14 25 yards with an in the water start, swims repeat 100's in about 1:40 on 2:00, etc. Thanks in advance. -S- http://www.kbnj.com |
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Steve left this mess on Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:58:57 -0400 for The Way to clean up:
I notice that, when I'm really reaching far in front of during front crawl, I can get a little further reach if I "shrug" my shoulder but I'm concerned this might be bad for my shoulder. I know from weight training that keeping the shoulder down in the socket is important but, given that this is in the water and all that, I don't know if it's enough different to matter or if perhaps this varies by the individual swimmer. Of course, I'm after the maximum reach with risk of injury. All in all, whatever I'm doing in both lifting and swimming hasn't caused me any serious problems but I do notice I sometimes feel like I have a bit of stiff neck, for lack of a better description. Other: 48 years old, male, recreational swimmer who can turn in a :14 25 yards with an in the water start, swims repeat 100's in about 1:40 on 2:00, etc. There's an old joke, Steve, that goes "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." " So don't do that." If ain't hurting and you really feel the need to do it, then go for it. Just keep an eye on things. Tao te Carl "Jesus, just because it's a newsgroup doesn't mean you have to act like adolescents." - Jon C. |
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:58:57 -0400, Steve Freides
wrote: I notice that, when I'm really reaching far in front of during front crawl, I can get a little further reach if I "shrug" my shoulder but I'm concerned this might be bad for my shoulder. I have a swim mag around here somewhere that recommends shrugging the shoulder. I think they called it the 'shoulder shift'. You should be able to shrug without the ball leaving the socket, though. I'm trying to decide if I've gotten my stiff neck from a low monitor, from not rolling enough in Backstroke or from moving my own furniture. Donal Fagan AIA (Anglicise the name to reply by e-mail) |
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AndresMuro wrote:
Actually it depends. If you are using your lower back and upper back muscles to push your arm forward, that is good, and you should be doing that. If, somehow you are extending your shoulder by itself, that ain't good. Try this.Cross your arm in front of you and reach with your hand behind your back right under the arm pit, and hold feel back with your palm. Extend your arm likke you do in swimming and try to feel your back muscles pushing your arm foward and making your shoulder shrug. this is the correct motion and shouldn't cause your shoulder to dislocate. That's an excellent description - many thanks. I'll play around with it a bit. My guess is that I'm doing both and that I need to drop the shoulder shrug portion and keep the back muscles doing what they're now doing, with a net result of a slightly shorter reach but a healthier neck and shoulder. Many thanks again. -S- Andres From: Steve Freides Date: 7/9/2003 9:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time Message-id: I notice that, when I'm really reaching far in front of during front crawl, I can get a little further reach if I "shrug" my shoulder but I'm concerned this might be bad for my shoulder. I know from weight training that keeping the shoulder down in the socket is important but, given that this is in the water and all that, I don't know if it's enough different to matter or if perhaps this varies by the individual swimmer. Of course, I'm after the maximum reach with risk of injury. All in all, whatever I'm doing in both lifting and swimming hasn't caused me any serious problems but I do notice I sometimes feel like I have a bit of stiff neck, for lack of a better description. Other: 48 years old, male, recreational swimmer who can turn in a :14 25 yards with an in the water start, swims repeat 100's in about 1:40 on 2:00, etc. Thanks in advance. -S- http://www.kbnj.com |
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