Hi all, I apologize if this question has been asked time and time before - I did some searching and couldn't locate a thread similar to my own.
I've just started swimming the breat stroke for 30-45 minutes 4-5 days a week for exercise. I've been doing this for 4 weeks now. Just yesterday as I was swimming I noted a sharp pain intermittently during kicks, but I ignored it. When I was stretching prior to swimming, I did notice pain in my hip joints when I was stretching my groin.
I wake up today and both of my hip joints feel pretty torn up. There's really no pain while walking normally, but if I pivot my leg to the side there is a clear pain in both of my hip joints. Is this caused by common fatigue/usage of my hip joints? Or could this be due to poor form? I am 25 years old and in pretty good shape.
Any advice, suggestions, or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for the suggestions and information. I'll probably be opting out of swimming for a day or two while my joints heal up.
I will probably begin mixing in the backstroke to mix things up, and I'll be closely studying some breaststroke videos to ensure I get the kick down correctly. Sort of a bummer, I thought I had it. It felt right, but apparently I'm rotating my leg in the socket a bit too much when I thrust perhaps?
Usually breaststroke doesn't affect hips as much as it affects knees. Perhaps you are making your kick too wide? See videos which pmccoy posted earlier.
I would advise to see a sports doc and to swim other styles( freestyle, back or fly) for a while.
Another thing before the breaststroke you need a good warm up. For warm up I usually swim easy 600m (200m Free + 200m *** + 200m Back) and then after that I kick 400m with a board starting very easily and building tempo at the end. After that I'm ready to swim any breaststroke sets without worrying about getting injuries.
Thank you for the suggestions and information. I'll probably be opting out of swimming for a day or two while my joints heal up.
I will probably begin mixing in the backstroke to mix things up, and I'll be closely studying some breaststroke videos to ensure I get the kick down correctly. Sort of a bummer, I thought I had it. It felt right, but apparently I'm rotating my leg in the socket a bit too much when I thrust perhaps?
Usually breaststroke doesn't affect hips as much as it affects knees. Perhaps you are making your kick too wide? See videos which pmccoy posted earlier.
I would advise to see a sports doc and to swim other styles( freestyle, back or fly) for a while.
Another thing before the breaststroke you need a good warm up. For warm up I usually swim easy 600m (200m Free + 200m *** + 200m Back) and then after that I kick 400m with a board starting very easily and building tempo at the end. After that I'm ready to swim any breaststroke sets without worrying about getting injuries.
