FEATURE: SWIMMER’S SHOULDER SWIMME R’S SHOULDER HOW DOES SWIMMING SWIMMING IS ONE OF THE HIGHESTUNIQUELY LOAD THE SHOULDER? PARTICIPANT SPORTS ACROSS ALL AGES IN AUSTRALIA AND YEAR-ON-YEAR,1. High repetitive training loads THE NATIONAL TEAM HAS ENJOYEDSwim training for most competitive CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS ON THE swimmers is intensive with 8000 – 14000m completed across two swim INTERNATIONAL STAGE. WITH SWIMMINGsessions per day, 6 days per week, with BEING CLASSIFIED AS AN ‘OVERHEAD SPORT’most (80%) of training performed in freestyle. There is no distinct swim – THAT IS, ANY SPORT WHERE THE ATHLETE’S‘season’ and competitive swimmers UPPER ARM AND SHOULDER ARC OVER THEtrain intensively 10-12 months annually. Given these loads, it is not surprising ATHLETE’S HEAD – PRESENTS CHALLENGESthat shoulder pain incidence in competitive swimmers is 38-91%. FOR CLINICIANS IN MANAGING SWIMMERS’ SHOULDER PAIN. IN THIS SPECIAL FEATURE,2. Acute effects of swim training on the shoulder DR HELEN WALKER AND KYLIE HOLT DISCUSS THE CAUSES OF SWIMMER’S SHOULDER ANDImmediately post-swim training, scapular kinematics are altered, external rotation STRATEGIES FOR REHABILITATION.ROM and pectoralis minor length decreases, and shoulder joint position VOLUME 36 • ISSUE 3 2018 7 dnuL protnemmA bocaJ/segamiytteg