Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to this. I can relate to a lot of what you have said and it is really heartening to hear you are back to the sport( and heavy lifting) after 2 such injuries. Perhaps i'm just being impatient but at the moment i feel so bloody useless at day to day activities that getting back to sport seems like a lifetime away.
Im actually on holiday for the next week so i will try and get as much swimming in as i can and then try to get back to lifting light when i am home to try and get the movements back. Starting Strength has been my bible ( after discovering it in the 2014 weight training thread actually) for my training and that progression has been easy to follow and the warmups are built in. Do you do much more warmup than the prescribed empty bar sets and the progressively higher weighted sets before your main lifts or do you find that is enough?