Hey all ive been coaching on and off over the past 10 years. I used to always get in and help my swimmers in the water by doing drills with them, showing them turns and stuff.
Recently ive been away from swimming for about 4 years. I just got back into the pool the other day to work on turns, but the weirdest thing happens whenever i flip or even open turn (like a fast open turn).
Ill do my flip but it will make my head start spinning. I feel it entirely in my head, ill do the flip, get dizzy and my head will tingle a little bit. Its actually really scary and i only did a couple turns the first day. Yesterday i went a little more intense and did about 15 turns, the last few felt a little better but now im feeling a little nauseous in bed.
Im not sure with all of the research in concussions and symptoms but is this something that i should be able to work through and keep doing, or should I not swim until i can get it figured out?
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I'm not a Dr. and I've never had problems with vertigo, except recently when I first got back in the water after a few years off, I felt dizzy (no nausea) after my flip turns and at the end of a 1 hour practice. Not enough to stop me from swimming. The sensation went away in a few minutes after I stopped swimming laps.
This had never happened to me before after prior breaks and I chalked it up to getting older and the resulting changes in my balance/equilibrium from age. After a week or so of swimming (maybe a few more), the sensation stopped occurring, presumably because in a few weeks my equilibrium adjusted to the turning motion.
Getting checked by a Dr. is good advice, especially if it seems to get worse, does not improve after a number of swim sessions, or continues after you get out the pool.
I'm not a Dr. and I've never had problems with vertigo, except recently when I first got back in the water after a few years off, I felt dizzy (no nausea) after my flip turns and at the end of a 1 hour practice. Not enough to stop me from swimming. The sensation went away in a few minutes after I stopped swimming laps.
This had never happened to me before after prior breaks and I chalked it up to getting older and the resulting changes in my balance/equilibrium from age. After a week or so of swimming (maybe a few more), the sensation stopped occurring, presumably because in a few weeks my equilibrium adjusted to the turning motion.
Getting checked by a Dr. is good advice, especially if it seems to get worse, does not improve after a number of swim sessions, or continues after you get out the pool.
