Would you all say there are more, less, or about the same amount of injuries in the sport of swimming now than say 15 years ago?
It seems as if many posters have dealt with an injury during their swimming careers, whether it be shoulder (mainly) or knee problems. Some have alluded to the use of kickboards as being a source of shoulder pain.
What do you think can be done to further minimize the risk of injury in swimming? Or is it just the nature of the sport that there will always be shoulder injuries? Professional baseball pitchers take all the precautions in the world and some are still bitten by the injury bug. Likewise with your conscientious swimmers.
Just looking for ideas/thoughts from everyone on what they do to adequately prepare for and recover from the amount of shoulder activity that is necessary in swimming.
Thanks folks,
RM
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Thanks Kevin, I have heard of the coronal plane in a discussion somewhere, not sure if it was on this site or not. There is an aweful lot of hip rotation needed to be sure the high elbow recovery stays inside this plane. If one knows that their hip rotation is not sufficient to warrant an extremely high elbow recovery, then I would think they should have a slightly more neutral overarm recovery, not flat but lower it progressively. Or increase their hip rotation. Hip rotation is very fundamental, but I rarely see anyone who has the hip rotation necessary for the high-elbow recovery. I would suggest that other mechanics that need to be taught in freestyle are a hand-low-to-the-water recovery, shoulder-width entry, not crossing the center line during the underwater pull. There is no reason any one of thoe points should be missed during a technique session either.
Thanks Kevin, I have heard of the coronal plane in a discussion somewhere, not sure if it was on this site or not. There is an aweful lot of hip rotation needed to be sure the high elbow recovery stays inside this plane. If one knows that their hip rotation is not sufficient to warrant an extremely high elbow recovery, then I would think they should have a slightly more neutral overarm recovery, not flat but lower it progressively. Or increase their hip rotation. Hip rotation is very fundamental, but I rarely see anyone who has the hip rotation necessary for the high-elbow recovery. I would suggest that other mechanics that need to be taught in freestyle are a hand-low-to-the-water recovery, shoulder-width entry, not crossing the center line during the underwater pull. There is no reason any one of thoe points should be missed during a technique session either.
