Bike crash 8 months ago. Most of the damage was done to my right foot, back, and left shoulder. MRI showed partial tears to my labrum and 2-3 of the tendons in my rotator cuff. It feels a lot better than months ago, but still hurts and isn’t right. I swam 1000yd last week, hurt at first then was ok, but then my shoulders (especially left one) got really fatigued. First swim since August. Kind of expected after being out for so long, but over the next couple of days, my right side feels fine but left side still hurts. Sunday I did my first sprint tri since the crash. Swim was about what I expected. Fatigued, but kept it steady and wasn’t overly “painful” (650yd). I started out on the bike ok, but after about 5 min in aero, my left side from my elbow up to my shoulder was really bothering me. So I got out of aero, it just was too painful. I tried again after a while, but every time I was in aero for just a few minutes before my shoulder hurt too much.
Anyone with prior shoulder injuries like this? Does it eventually just go away? Are there strength exercises I should be doing to help? I did PT for several months just trying to get back to where i could use it “normally”. It still hurts doing day to day things, but it’s manageable. I was pretty disappointed to not be able to do 30min on the bike in aero because of shoulder pain.
Anyone with prior shoulder injuries like this? Does it eventually just go away? Are there strength exercises I should be doing to help? I did PT for several months just trying to get back to where i could use it “normally”. It still hurts doing day to day things, but it’s manageable. I was pretty disappointed to not be able to do 30min on the bike in aero because of shoulder pain.