Shoulder pain whilst paddling!?

[sandy]

Hey,

I’ve been having issues with my shoulders recently whilst paddling hard and it’s causing me a fair amount of pain which sometimes cuts my sessions short.

I was wondering if anyone has had similar and can offer remedial advice?

The pain feels as though it’s in the rotator cuff muscles (but I’m no expert!). . and sometimes really deep in the joints. .
If anyone knows of a good way to strengthen up for paddling or what might be causing the pain it’d be great to hear!

I’ve got a week trip to Portugal in January and don’t want to be aching out of the water every day!!

Thanks,

Sandy

[nottyR6]

See a physio, shoulders are complicated. The training pages on here are good http://www.surfing-waves.com/surf-fitness/training.htm plus front crawl (apparently as I'm rubbish at it)

I have a similiar issue with my right shoulder which stops me doing surf related exercises, fortunately its fine when I'm paddling, I thought it might be to do with RSI on the PC all day. I have seen docs, physio's, you name it, no one knows what the problem is.

Wherabouts in PT are you going to?

[sandy]

Hey man, thanks for the reply.

Yea I'll go see a physio I think, I sit at a PC all day too. Also climb alot so my shoulders faily get put throught thier paces!

I'm heading to Vila do Bispo, plan to surf anywhere around sagres really. . the size of the waves'll dictate what beaches we surf I guess. Vila do Bispo's pretty handy. . right in between the south and west coast.

Thanks again fro the reply!

[dtc]

I'm no paddling saint, but lots of surfers have paddling techniques that just scream 'shoulder pain to come' - particularly if you take really wide shallow paddles, meaning your shoulders bear the force rather than your back.

This (on another forum) has a good discussion of paddling, techniques and shoulders (check out Nick Carroll's comment about 1/2 down the first page - Nick is a surfing journo, brother of expro surfer Tom, and knows his stuff).

http://forum.realsurf.com/forums/viewto ... =7&t=12430

[nottyR6]

I'm heading to Vila do Bispo, plan to surf anywhere around sagres really. . the size of the waves'll dictate what beaches we surf I guess. Vila do Bispo's pretty handy. . right in between the south and west coast.

Thats where I am, I live near Lagos but come over that end to surf. Might see you out there.

[sandy]

@dtc. . thanks for that. . I read Nick's description of poor paddling and it sounds and though he was watching me when he wrote it!! Some good tips in that post. . I'll give it a try next time I'm out!

@nottyR6. . Not a bad place to live at all! I'll be there for a week from the 5th so give me a shout if your about! put a face to the name haha!

[nottyR6]

I'll be around, I'm back from the UK at about the same time

[cravenbiker]

Hey sandy, I'm heading over there for Xmas and will be hanging around for a few weeks before heading home. When you planning on going?