I have a jacked-up LPHC which I suspect is at least partially the result of my having aggressively lifted weights with improper form in my early 20s. My right spinal erector is extremely short and overdeveloped and my right lat very tight, which results in my right leg being slightly shorter than my left, which results in knee pain and shoulders that tend to tilt to the right, and...well, it's a mess.
Yes, yes, I know: I should see a physical therapist. But money's tight and, probably more relevantly, I'm being a big *** about the prospect of hearing the diagnosis. I have the NASM cert, at least, so I have at least a basic idea of what's going on anatomically, and how to address it with exercise.
Anyway, are any of you like me in that you swim because you must--because you have some intolerable problem for which it seems to be the best remedy? I've swum almost every day for the last two months, and while I like to tell myself that's because I'm Mr. Discipline, I'm really behaving more like a painkiller addict who still has chronic pain. I rarely get frustrated if I seem not to be improving, because being a good swimmer is not my primary concern. Alleviating the pain and tension is, and that happens without fail.
Yeah, I was a compulsive runner from the mid 70s through 2015, 25-40 miles per week, 5, 6, even 7 days a week. Then in 2015 I developed a spinal problem, spondylolisthesis, a shifting of the vertebrae which pinched a nerve and ended my running. So I substituted swimming for running. But I only swim 2 or 3 days a week. It's not nearly as convenient as putting on sneakers and going out the door. You need to get to a pool or lake and they are not available 24 hrs a day.
How does swimming affect your spinal problem? Does it seem to reduce it, or does it simply not worsen it?
And yeah, getting to the pool (and listening to derpy meatheads "conversing" in the locker room, and all of that) is a pain. I've never regretted going, though, even if time was so short that I only got ten minutes in the pool.
Yeah, I was a compulsive runner from the mid 70s through 2015, 25-40 miles per week, 5, 6, even 7 days a week. Then in 2015 I developed a spinal problem, spondylolisthesis, a shifting of the vertebrae which pinched a nerve and ended my running. So I substituted swimming for running. But I only swim 2 or 3 days a week. It's not nearly as convenient as putting on sneakers and going out the door. You need to get to a pool or lake and they are not available 24 hrs a day.
How does swimming affect your spinal problem? Does it seem to reduce it, or does it simply not worsen it?
And yeah, getting to the pool (and listening to derpy meatheads "conversing" in the locker room, and all of that) is a pain. I've never regretted going, though, even if time was so short that I only got ten minutes in the pool.
