Post shoulder surgery swimming

Sorry to hear about your difficulties.  Sounds painful.

Have you gotten a second opinion from an orthopedic surgeon or physical therapist who specialize in this sort of injury? 

I'm not a doctor, but it seems that I'd want to look at the possibility of correcting any strength imbalances before messing around with your swim stroke.  Maybe some PT/OT or strength training out of the pool?

Best wishes,

Mark

You probably have residual weakness and also may not have 100% of your motion back particularly in internal rotation.  Get the analysis sooner rather than later and get with a sports PT who works with swimmers. 

Thanks for your input. I have done PT until I'm blue in the face and broke on copays(nearly $650/month)!  I was doing it 5x/week for months.   I have continued to do my exercises at home and see great progress.

Socks- you are correct about the internal rotation. That is where I am still most restricted. When my shoulder was "frozen", I had zero degrees internal or external rotation and only 15 -30 percent in every other direction.

Corvette- My final surgery was done by one of the world experts in shoulder repair at the Steadman Clinic in Vail. I suppose I could follow up with him and see what he thinks.  To be honest, I'm afraid the answer will be to follow up with MORE PT. :-)

My swim is ok. It's just mildly painful, which I want to be sure isn't further damage, but just breaking down of scar tissue.

I'm calling the Dr and Swim Labs now!

Mel