About a month ago I started getting cricks on the right side of my neck after workouts.....sharp stabbing pain on moving my head that stretches from top of the shoulder to behind my ear. It seems to be getting worse. I've been working on improving my catch and early vertical forearm, and the pain started about when I thought I'd finally gotten it right (got faster, too!). But I also increased my stroke rate and bilateral breathing (more breathing to the right, not always just left), confounding the picture. Does anyone know about this, or have any thoughts? Thanks
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I get this pain often, and it is terrible. I find that my neck is most sore when I swim with my head position too high. When I focus on looking at the bottom of the pool, the neck pain subsides. I also find that icy hot and a massage helps untie the knots in the muscles ( I have a hand held massager that works great). In college, part of my physical therapy for my shoulders was to swim more backstroke. I also find that warming up and down with backstroke helps a lot.
I get this pain often, and it is terrible. I find that my neck is most sore when I swim with my head position too high. When I focus on looking at the bottom of the pool, the neck pain subsides. I also find that icy hot and a massage helps untie the knots in the muscles ( I have a hand held massager that works great). In college, part of my physical therapy for my shoulders was to swim more backstroke. I also find that warming up and down with backstroke helps a lot.
