So, like I have posted elsewhere, I've been back in the pool for three months now after 30 years away, and I'm suffering on and off from 'tennis' elbow. Is this just because I'm old now, or is it that I'm overtraining, or is it maybe related to a stroke problem that I should get a coach to look at? Appreciate the comments...
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I had the problem you describe when I first started swimming last year (I just learned to swim proper strokes last July). I went to a PT and he had me do some stretches that you've probably already heard about and also sit my arm level on a table with my wrist/hand hanging off palm down. Put a 3 lb weight in hand and lift it SLOWLY up by flexing the wrist and down, your arm shouldn't move. He would have me do this as many times as I could pause, then do another set. The key is to do it slowly and isolate your arm so it is not bobbing up and down. That and the stretching seemed to do the trick but I still do both or it will flare back up. Oh and for me it's only on my right (dominant) side. I don't think it's JUST from swimming, I think weight lifting and other activities aggrivate it, but the swimming really made it flare.
I had the problem you describe when I first started swimming last year (I just learned to swim proper strokes last July). I went to a PT and he had me do some stretches that you've probably already heard about and also sit my arm level on a table with my wrist/hand hanging off palm down. Put a 3 lb weight in hand and lift it SLOWLY up by flexing the wrist and down, your arm shouldn't move. He would have me do this as many times as I could pause, then do another set. The key is to do it slowly and isolate your arm so it is not bobbing up and down. That and the stretching seemed to do the trick but I still do both or it will flare back up. Oh and for me it's only on my right (dominant) side. I don't think it's JUST from swimming, I think weight lifting and other activities aggrivate it, but the swimming really made it flare.
