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thank you everyone!!!

This is most excellent news! Great job, especially with so much swimming!

Awesome meet slick!

Fantastico! What a great moment for you having struggled so long to regain your swimming. This really celebrates your determination and perseverance as an individual and a swimmer. So happy for you and hope that you can continue to make steady gradual progress to keep doing all those important rehabilitative activities to preserve as well as improve your current status.

why thank you!!!

indeed!

Hi Steve! Thanks! I'm swimming the 50/100 free, 50/100 breast, and all 4x50 relays. I am hoping I can keep the intensity in check so I don't overkill the shoulder :/ I sandbagged my entry times pretty well so hopefully it works out!

I empathise with your frustration as I can relate. Our joints rudely let us know when we are taking advantage of them

Sounds like a good plan to let it recover fully before the meet . What events do you plan on doing?
Good luck at your meet and take it cautiously

I empathise with your frustration as I can relate. Our joints rudely let us know when we are taking advantage of them

Sounds like a good plan to let it recover fully before the meet . What events do you plan on doing?
Good luck at your meet

Thanks Slick,

I have some reading to do

thank you fdtotten! that is another thing that i love so much about the snorkel. since you don't have to worry about breathing, you can really pay attention to all those subtle swimming skills. i don't think i've ever been so aware of my body in the water since using the snorkel i do feel that i will benefit in the long run from all of this. thanks again for the well wishes!

2000 yards - that is terrific, what an encouraging progress report - thanks for sharing. Your determination and persistence are really something! Just wanted to say that whatever the previous swimmer that you were, you certainly appear to be progressing on your way again and perhaps more.

Think of yourself eventually progressing beyond your previous swimmer self, not necessarily in terms of training volume or times, but more so evolving forward in those subtle efficient swimming skills, as well as balanced shoulder strength, body core, & flexibility development, in part due to your recovery, adaptation, and then ongoing prevention management in regards to the shoulder surgery.

The snorkel was a great ROI for me too, so I am very glad that you found even more benefit as it helped you to get to this point. Keep up your daily effort just as you said, no rush, for steady gradual progress is the best and safest.

thank you steve! the last few months when i was only allowed to kick i would have definitely said that fins were my saving grace. but now that i am spinning the arms again, snorkel > fins

I profit from snorkel use as well Excellent tool when used properly. I recently started using fins too, and these things are the best invention since the wheel. My shoulders haven't been as happy as they are now.


Happy recovery and shoulder health

Thanks much!

Thanks for writing about all of this. I'm hoping I won't ever have to go through it, but it's good to know what's involved. Good luck with your recovery - it seems like you're on the right track.

Thank you!

Glad to hear things are going well. Thank you for posting the journey. It has been educational. Best wishes for a continued speedy recovery.

thanks for the good wishes!!

Thanks for writing about your experience. I am hopeful for your progress so that eventually you will be swimming again. My sincerest wish for your successful recovery!