NEW ORLEANS - The painful overuse injury called swimmer's shoulder, common in competitive swimmers, may be caused by excessive swimming distance during training along with a culture in competitive ... Shoulder pain is the most reported area of orthopaedic injury in swimmers. The so-called ‘swimmers’ shoulder’ has been applied to a variety of complaints involving shoulder pain in swimmers without ...

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BMJ: Shoulder pain in elite swimmers: primarily due to swim-volume-induced supraspinatus tendinopathy Healio: Swimmers are more vulnerable to develop shoulder pain, injury vs non-overhead athletes Swimmers are more vulnerable to develop shoulder pain, injury vs non-overhead athletes CINCINNATI (WKRC) — As temperatures rise and more people head to the pool, a local shoulder specialist is warning swimmers about the risk of injuries. Dr. Trevor Wilkes, a shoulder specialist at ... The Vail Valley has a surprising number of competitive swimmers and plenty of others that swim recreationally.

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Swimming is unique as the shoulder and upper body supply 90 percent of the propulsive ... BMJ: Identifying evidence-practice gaps for shoulder injury risk factors in competitive swimmers: uniting literature and expert opinion