Shoulder Injury
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Topic: Shoulder Injury
Posted By: Slackkinhard
Subject: Shoulder Injury
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2014 at 9:39am
Last friday I floated boulder drop in my IK with some great folks, and although I'd been through boulder drop a few times, I struggled to keep upright and swam 3 times(special thanks to the rope out). The last time in Lunch hole, and when I got back in the boat, my shoulder hurt. Not terribly bad, but it was sore. Not sure when or how it happened, but somewhere in that swim function I strained it. Made it home, but in the morning it was hard to lift my left arm over my head. I ate some Aleve and it was better, but still sore. Well, here I am on Monday morning sitting on my duff, and it still hurts. I've read that shoulders are the weak link in a paddling activity, and proper technique goes a long way to keep injuries to a minimum, but what do I do now that I've wrenched it? Just rest it? I can't think of anything else  |
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Posted By: up4air
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2014 at 10:08am
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Ice it. You might have a small tear. If it's not better in a couple weeks see a dr. but I've found that these things mostly heal up with rest and ice. Aleve or ibuprofen for discomfort and swelling. If it hurts just standing around, get a shoulder sling from the drug store, but don't use it more than a week. Good luck!
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Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2014 at 11:40am
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This is not for now while you're injured, but Mike found these Thrower's 10 exercises and they're really good for preventing future injury: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/pdf/main/athletics/athletic_training/throwers10.pdf - www.muhlenberg.edu/pdf/main/athletics/athletic_training/throwers10.pdf He does the first 2 pages, the last 2 of those exercises shouldn't be done if painful according to the PT guy. Good luck, I think keeping inflammation down with ice/ibuprofen like up4air said so you don't aggravate the injury by just moving your arm around is important, that's what I was told when I had a rotator cuff injury a long time ago. I ended up getting a cortisone shot after a few weeks because it wasn't getting better and that's what helped, but hopefully yours is less serious. ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
Posted By: cchollnd
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2014 at 8:06pm
| Hope it feels better Brett! |
Posted By: tiziak
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2014 at 10:56am
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Bummer man. Stay in the box.
I maintain that the best way to avoid shoulder injuries is to just have super jacked shoulders. Go to the gym. Push-ups, pull-ups, hand stand push-ups. All that jazz.
Guys like Joe Howard do not have shoulder problems, his shoulders actually break rivers and move mountains. We should all take note. ------------- If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Daniel Patrinellis 360.434.4616 |