Healing?

Last Thursday, my left shoulder started hurting more than normal. Of course I had the "Vickie Syndrome." I refused to get out right when it started hurting, because I thought it was nothing, and that the others would think I was weak and just pretending to get some time out of the pool. Only until I wasn't making the times in the workout, and the coach came to yell at me, did I confess what was wrong with me.
I don't know what the trainers think is wrong with me, but the treatments I've been having are...not what I expected to say the least. Sure, they tape up my shoulder and such, but before practice, I actually have to put gel on it, hook a weird instrument to a machine, and ultra-sound my shoulder. Apparently it helps realign the tissue that may be out of place and such.

All weekend I had the joy of having tape in a couple of different places on my shoulder. Today after afternoon practice, I finally took it off, and the trainers wouldn't put any more tape on until my skin heals. It's cut in several places, from the rubbing. So...I'm tape-free for a day! Yay!

After practice I get the joy of having my shoulder electrocuted. I don't remember the exact name of the procedure, but they put four pads on my shoulder, and the entire 20 minutes, it feels like my shoulder has fallen asleep-only it's more painful than asleep...but the same tingling sensation, anyway. The interesting thing was, my shoulder felt like it was twitching. When I looked down at my shoulder, it was convulsing violently, it looked like it had a heart in it, wildly beating to get out of my arm.
Just for kicks, I pressed at one of the pads, and the muscle convulsed even more violently for a few seconds. I push a different one, and it seizes somewhere else.

Who knew that someone couldn't only feel butterflies in their stomach, but in their shoulder?