I was making stready progress for 6 straight weeks and then took a lesson from a guy who really didn't like my downswing and spent an hour trying to change it. In doing so, it completely broke my swing. I'm fine with that since I'm new to the game and understand that sometimes we have to move back a little to move forward.
However - while this was happening I told him he was asking me to do something that didn't feel natural and hurt but we kept after it. By that night, I had developed so much pain in the area below my trail arm shoulder blade that it felt like a cracked rib - in other words it hurts to roll over in bed, breath, laugh, or cough, and when I sneeze it's almost like a railroad spike in the back. And it's been that way ever since with no improvement - 7 full days.
Two questions -
First - I have coached wrestling, boxing, and taught people how to lift weights properly. There are times when things feel awkward, but as a coach whenever someone told me something felt unnatural or hurt, I always wanted to take a step back and reassess, because mechanics are highly individual. I'm not blaming the instructor because I'm old enough to know better but shouldn't a golf swing feel fluid and somewhat easy? Should it ever hurt?
Second - has anybody had an injury like this and if so, what was it and how long did it take to heal?
I can't execute anything more than half a backswing, but I can pitch, chip and putt so I'll be working on my short game until this gets better.