Hi out there to all, my name is Stephanie, and I'm having some trouble, I was hoping y'all could help me. I've been trying to get back into the swimming world after four years of dealing with a serious knee injury that left me out of the State Champs my junior year of high school and beyond. I'm interested in hard-core training and competing, to hopefully finish a career I'd started in high school. The problem I have is that I'm moving to Pittsburgh in a couple months, and until then, there's nothing around this small Ohio town to get me started. I'm not under 18, and I'm not in high school anymore, so there's really nothing group-wise for me. I would really appreciate any help, advice, workouts, dryland, coaches in Pittsburgh/groups, weights, anything like that. I was primarily a backstroker, shortcourse 100 and 200, and relays. Thanks!
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Hey kids, just thought I'd give an update on the whole situation over here.....went to my ortho today, and there was good news and bad news:
She took X-rays and measurements and stuff, and while my ACL, Posterior Capsule and Posterior Lateral Corner are still really iffy, they haven't gotten any worse in four years. Of course, that's without swimming.
She definitely would prefer that I didn't swim at all, but she said if I "felt like it was something I had to do" (FYI, it is), then she was recommending this ortho in Pittsburgh, and at the first sign of trouble, I should please please stop swimming and go see him. His name's Chris Harner, from the University of Pitt medical center. Anybody know anything about him? She said he was tops.
So it looks like I'm going to do this swimming thing again, for better or worse......
Sewickley masters, anyone?
Hey kids, just thought I'd give an update on the whole situation over here.....went to my ortho today, and there was good news and bad news:
She took X-rays and measurements and stuff, and while my ACL, Posterior Capsule and Posterior Lateral Corner are still really iffy, they haven't gotten any worse in four years. Of course, that's without swimming.
She definitely would prefer that I didn't swim at all, but she said if I "felt like it was something I had to do" (FYI, it is), then she was recommending this ortho in Pittsburgh, and at the first sign of trouble, I should please please stop swimming and go see him. His name's Chris Harner, from the University of Pitt medical center. Anybody know anything about him? She said he was tops.
So it looks like I'm going to do this swimming thing again, for better or worse......
Sewickley masters, anyone?
