Most swimmers with shoulder pain have weakness, tightness and poor endurance of their rotator cuff muscles. Of course, many have technical flaws that promote shoulder pain too: poor rotation, bringing the arm out too far behind the shoulder blade and over-reaching are all common faults. While a swim coach should help you address your technique, this article shows you simple exercises that will strengthen your rotator cuff, stretch your capsule and hopefully reduce your pain.
EXERCISES:
All exercises should be pain-free. For the first two exercises you should aim to complete two to three sets of each exercise, two to three times a day. Each set = 10 repetitions or to the onset of fatigue. To strengthen muscles takes 12 weeks of training so stick with it!