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This is injury nearly always due to flawed stroke mechanics. When your stroke is optimized the large muscles such as lats, triceps, and pecs are doing nearly all the work, and those muscles are almost imposible to strain. How you begin your stroke is everything…many swimmers begin by gliding on a fully extened arm then push down to begin their stroke…contributing no energy to drive them forward. Have your hand enter the water and immediately go to a depth of 6-8 inches, never lock your elbow, drop your pinky to get your wrist pitch correct and start pulling back immedaitely. For swimmers focused on speed, forget about glide; focus on holding the water and getting the most pull out of each stroke! If possible come to one of Sheila Taorimina’s clinics and get video taped underwater! You’ll be amazed at what you see… Steve www.Tri-eCoach.com

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I was having trouble with my shoulders after swimming and I believe Larry sent me a tip to try swimming with the palms parallel to the surface of the water on the recovery instead of thumbs down and it has worked well for me.  HTH, Mike Beyerstedt

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a friend of mind just starting swimming and is developing rotator cuff soreness. without having a coach look at her stroke,  is there some thing i can look for that might be causing the problem,  besides breaathing-  which she already bilateral breathes.  i am very familar with treatment but would like to help her correct her stroke if possible. thanx todd sandiego

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| a friend of mind just starting swimming and is developing rotator cuff | soreness. without having a coach look at her stroke,  is there some thing i can | look for that might be causing the problem,  besides breaathing-  which she | already bilateral breathes.  i am very familar with treatment but would like to | help her correct her stroke if possible. | thanx | todd | sandiego My shoulder gets quite aggravated if I catch too early. In other words, if I start my pull while my hand is still in front of me, rather than waiting until it is under my head. stacy hills reston, va

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Dr. Larry Weisenthall has the best advice that I’ve seen concerning rotator cuff & impingement swimming injuries.  He used to post frequently at rec.sport.swimming under the pseudonym, RunnSwim.  Go to groups.google.com and use the Advanced Group Search function.  Search on Shoulder Pain for the subject, and RunnSwim for the author. http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/nov_96/koehler.htm http://www.donalfagan.com/html/shoulder.html http://www.orthoassociates.com/shoulder1.htm

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