Injuries in swimming are mainly due to functional overload since swimming, in
every style, involves the continuous repetition of a specific sporting gesture.
During training, the freestyle is the most used and therefore the shoulder movement
it involves is by far the one with the highest number of repetitions.
Consequently, the most common injury among swimmers who engage in intense or
competitive activity is the so-called 'swimmer's shoulder'.

This syndrome is an inflammatory disorder of the rotator cuff tendons.
rotator cuff tendons, is found in swimmers but also in other athletes who subject their
shoulders to heavy workloads such as tennis players, basketball and baseball players, volleyball players...
The pain in the shoulder, a symptom of inflammation, initially manifests itself only in the
moment of repeating the specific sports movement, later, if the situation worsens, the pain tends to manifest itself
aggravates, the pain tends to occur even with simple arm movements and, if
the intensity and/or frequency of training is not suspended or modified,
the inflammation can increase, even leading to bursitis.
The therapy for this pathology is physiotherapy with a first phase aimed at reducing
inflammation and pain, for example, with the administration of manual therapy,
shock waves and Tecar therapy. The second phase of treatment is dedicated to the complete
recovery of the gleno-scapulo-humeral and scapulothoracic articularity with an eye to
regard to the prevention of recurrences.
In order to prevent this inflammation, 'dry' work is also very important,
i.e. non-specific work out of the water, with muscle strengthening, coordination
mobility and flexibility included in a steady course.