I have done something to my hip, I think thanks to the abductor/adductor Nautilus machine, followed by a few weeks of lots of fly and breaststroke kicking drills. In any event, since you guys out there in Masters land have been exceedingly helpful about various aches and pains in the past, I am wondering if any other swimmers have experienced this, and if so, what is the best way to hasten its retreat.
I tried doing some swimming with a pull buoy this afternoon, but the slight effort required to keep the float between my legs seemed to hurt the hip. I'm wondering if this is one of those strain injuries that will get better regardless of whether you rest it or not. I've been taking ibuprofen and icing the area, both of which help a little. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Anna,
I resent your statement that going to a chiropractor can make the situation worse. Whoever told you that, doesn't understand chiropractic (which is just about everybody). It is very tiresome to continue fighting the medical opinions about our profession that have been going on for over a hundred years.
With the overload of criticism heaped on us over the years, if one percent of it was true, chiropractic would have disappeared long before now. I can't do anything about the few bad Doctors out there, but there are incompetent people in every profession. Perhaps you've heard that surgeries occasionally get botched? Does that mean that nobody should ever have a surgical procedure done, because you can die? In reality, that is more true than your original statement about chiropractic.
My apologies to the rest of you. I would have replied directly to Anna, but her profile didn't allow for her to receive e-mails in that manner.
Dr. G
Anna,
I resent your statement that going to a chiropractor can make the situation worse. Whoever told you that, doesn't understand chiropractic (which is just about everybody). It is very tiresome to continue fighting the medical opinions about our profession that have been going on for over a hundred years.
With the overload of criticism heaped on us over the years, if one percent of it was true, chiropractic would have disappeared long before now. I can't do anything about the few bad Doctors out there, but there are incompetent people in every profession. Perhaps you've heard that surgeries occasionally get botched? Does that mean that nobody should ever have a surgical procedure done, because you can die? In reality, that is more true than your original statement about chiropractic.
My apologies to the rest of you. I would have replied directly to Anna, but her profile didn't allow for her to receive e-mails in that manner.
Dr. G
