As a 15 year old high school swimmer, my coach is having me, with our morning and evening practices, to do more of my main stroke, which is breastroke. My goal is by my junior year, to have gone a 59.7 in the 100 yard breastroke, but with four hours a day of working on the stroke, I find that there is a pain where I imagine the joint is between the pelvic bone, and where my leg begins. This happens, I'll sit it out for a few days, and it'll get better, but with a meet coming up in two days, I can't afford to sit it out and wait. Has anyone else had this problem, where you find a groin area pain? Does anyone find a fix for it? (I've gotten some suggestions to try to fix a muscle in the lower back down to the seat area, perhaps I have a knotted muscle?) Thanks for looking at this!
As a 15 year old high school swimmer, my coach is having me, with our morning and evening practices, to do more of my main stroke, which is breastroke. My goal is by my junior year, to have gone a 59.7 in the 100 yard breastroke, but with four hours a day of working on the stroke, I find that there is a pain where I imagine the joint is between the pelvic bone, and where my leg begins. This happens, I'll sit it out for a few days, and it'll get better, but with a meet coming up in two days, I can't afford to sit it out and wait. Has anyone else had this problem, where you find a groin area pain? Does anyone find a fix for it? (I've gotten some suggestions to try to fix a muscle in the lower back down to the seat area, perhaps I have a knotted muscle?) Thanks for looking at this!
tell your coach and work with him
If it hurts to kick breastroke,
Don't kick breastroke for a few days
then if you feel OK try again especially before a meet
Also if it starts hurting again, STOP kicking breastroke and do something else
a few weeks ago my left groin hurt when I kicked BR so I stopped, I have a meet tomorrow, I tested it a little today and it feels fine.
Sometimes the pain can be progressive. it's often better to stop at the first sign of pain than to "be tough" kick through it and make it worse.
consider ibuprophen
go see your doctor, work with her
Stretching, massage therapy, & strength training might help
It might help to have a good breastroker watch you kick underwater, the pain might be caused by incorrect technique.
As a 15 year old high school swimmer, my coach is having me, with our morning and evening practices, to do more of my main stroke, which is breastroke. My goal is by my junior year, to have gone a 59.7 in the 100 yard breastroke, but with four hours a day of working on the stroke, I find that there is a pain where I imagine the joint is between the pelvic bone, and where my leg begins. This happens, I'll sit it out for a few days, and it'll get better, but with a meet coming up in two days, I can't afford to sit it out and wait. Has anyone else had this problem, where you find a groin area pain? Does anyone find a fix for it? (I've gotten some suggestions to try to fix a muscle in the lower back down to the seat area, perhaps I have a knotted muscle?) Thanks for looking at this!
tell your coach and work with him
If it hurts to kick breastroke,
Don't kick breastroke for a few days
then if you feel OK try again especially before a meet
Also if it starts hurting again, STOP kicking breastroke and do something else
a few weeks ago my left groin hurt when I kicked BR so I stopped, I have a meet tomorrow, I tested it a little today and it feels fine.
Sometimes the pain can be progressive. it's often better to stop at the first sign of pain than to "be tough" kick through it and make it worse.
consider ibuprophen
go see your doctor, work with her
Stretching, massage therapy, & strength training might help
It might help to have a good breastroker watch you kick underwater, the pain might be caused by incorrect technique.
