The upper trapezius is often overactive, creating pain, discomfort, and/or soreness in swimmers with shoulder pain. While doing thousands of overhead motions in the pool, the upper trapezius becomes overactive. Combine this overactivity with poor sitting posture, phone use, and improper dryland technique and you’ve got one well-cooked piece of meat!
Even while sitting, many people raise their shoulders to their ears during stressful periods. While you raise your shoulders towards your ears, you are reducing the space of the rotator cuff tendons to slide under the acromion. This increases risk for primary or external impingement.
Jenni Brozena and I discuss this in detail in the Advanced Swimming Podcast, specifically addressing why Swimmer’s Shoulder is on the rise. During this discussion we break down the pathomechanics of the shoulder in many swimmers.
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