I started to swim regularly nearly two months ago. I almost exclusively directed my intention to improving my breaststroke - and I have hardly been swimming any other techniques since I started.
I watched some youtube videos for guidance, but as I never had the information with me in the pool, it mostly came down to experimenting and improving the technique on my own, still of course trying to imitate the image I had in my head from my vague memory of the videos. In the beginning my kick was quite straight vertical. Only later did I start to bend my feet outwards and kick in a sideway fashion, trying to imitate what I have seen on the videos. In terms of functionality and uses of muscles it was different from what I was used to.
I rarely do very long sets, as I most of the time do weightlifting as well beforehand. The other day however, I did not do any weightlifting and instead just had a long swim. I guess my body was not very used to the length neither the kicking technique.
All seemed to have gone well, but a few days later I went to the pool again, but this time I could feel a sharp pain in my hips as I was doing my kick - to the degree that I couldn't/didn't want to continue.
Now to some questions I have in mind; Should I be worried that I have done some real damage? Could it be due to overstrain, wrong technique or both? Should I wait it out or seek medical advice? etc.
The main reason why I am asking is that my body has not been the same since a bacterial infection that happened a few months ago, and wonder if it could be related.
I will be grateful for any inputs and I am especially interested if anyone of you have encountered similar issues!
Thanks everyone for your inputs!
ForceDJ: I'm am about 30, so not so old and I haven't experienced any real issues with my body until a few months back when I was treated for a bacterial infection. Whether it was because of the infection or the antibiotics (ciprofloxacin), I have since then experienced unknown minor symtoms similar to what could be arthritis. I haven't noticed anything in my hips until this time though.
I will hit the pool again on Thursday and carefully try to see if the pain is still there. If it is, I should have it looked up. If not, I think I will wait and see. Before the pain I did 1km of breaststroke only, which for me is much, so it wouldn't be a surprise it is simply due to overuse, especially considering I have doubts that my technique is completely correct.
Thanks again all, please feel free to share your thoughts.
All the best,
Thanks everyone for your inputs!
ForceDJ: I'm am about 30, so not so old and I haven't experienced any real issues with my body until a few months back when I was treated for a bacterial infection. Whether it was because of the infection or the antibiotics (ciprofloxacin), I have since then experienced unknown minor symtoms similar to what could be arthritis. I haven't noticed anything in my hips until this time though.
I will hit the pool again on Thursday and carefully try to see if the pain is still there. If it is, I should have it looked up. If not, I think I will wait and see. Before the pain I did 1km of breaststroke only, which for me is much, so it wouldn't be a surprise it is simply due to overuse, especially considering I have doubts that my technique is completely correct.
Thanks again all, please feel free to share your thoughts.
All the best,
