Did anyone notice that the paramedics were very busy at Nationals?
I saw a lady dislocate her shoulder
My teammate badly dislocated his finger and broke it
Another, broke his toe
Another whacked his foot on the wall
I saw an older lady bleeding profusely
I, myself, forgot to breathe the first 80 or so yards of the 200 back, hyperventilated, and had paramedics...
And that's just what I saw! I certainly wasn't there the whole time. Anything else, or was it mostly my team? :p
Originally posted by Karen Duggan
Did anyone notice that the paramedics were very busy at Nationals?
I saw a lady dislocate her shoulder
My teammate badly dislocated his finger and broke it
Another, broke his toe
Another whacked his foot on the wall
I saw an older lady bleeding profusely
I, myself, forgot to breathe the first 80 or so yards of the 200 back, hyperventilated, and had paramedics...
And that's just what I saw! I certainly wasn't there the whole time. Anything else, or was it mostly my team? :p
One of my teammates had an asthma attack during her mile. In the same race she also cut her foot on the wall during a turn. She ended up visiting the paramedics who I'm told were cute!!! I did hear them call for an "orthopedic doctor" a couple of times. At least they didn't call for me, a "pathology doctor", or we really would have known that something bad had happened...
Karen, it even went on AFTER the meet! Two of my teammates took a later flight than I did, and as they were boarding the man in front of them went down with a seizure. Fortunately, one of my teammates is a doctor (although a pediatrician, and the patient was not a kid) and the other is a nurse, so they took care of the guy until the paramedics got there. A little more excitement than they bargained for!
By the way, it was so nice to meet you at the airport! I knew having my name embroidered on my swim bag would come in handy someday!
Meg
Originally posted by born2fly
So, I went for the punishment again on Sunday and swam the 200fly in place of my free and came in with a 1:59.05.
Nice work. I was in the lane next to you in the 200 free.
Back to the topic, as for me, I saw the ambulance parked outside the pool, but didn't see the paramedics working on a single person. I did see a few real nice sunburns!
glad you're OK
It's amazing how many things go wrong at meets; how many people get injured or have a medical crisis.
how can anyone have trouble breathing in backstroke?
Your mouth should be out of the water most of the time
ande
Originally posted by Karen Duggan
I don't mind swimming it, I just didn't realize I never learned how to breathe while I swim it!!!
Ande,
Yes, I know that!
I FORGOT to breathe. It was VERY easy speed and I was just swimming, not breathing! I had been pacing my 50s in warm up at 32's 33's, no problem.
I started, swam, felt great, no legs at all. About 80 yards I realized, oh @#@* I'm not breathing. I went to use my legs off the wall at the 100 and they literally seized from the hip flexors down. I was 1:09 (plan 1:10, come back in 1:12). Then I started to panic because now I needed to breathe (legs needed air!) and I couldn't. I hyperventilated from the 125 on. Not good.
Very good lesson. I did swim it again though right after the relay-1:10-1:14 (I was happy, especially after the quick sprint right before :) )
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
Karen I have a similar problem ... I have more trouble breathing on backstroke than on fly, free, or *** ...
Yes, exactly!... why is that anyway? I do the same thing, I can't seem to get my breathing regulated as I do on the other strokes.
I know now that I've started really thinking and concentrating on it, it's not so hard. This morning I just thought of it as breathing like I do for free- although I know I can sneak in little breaths here or there when I need them because MY MOUTH IS OUT OF THE WATER, ANDE :p
Jeanette, are you comfortable on your back in the water?
yes, I feel pretty comfortable on my back, and my stroke is ok, but I tend to breathe erratically (sp?) while doing backstroke for some reason.
It's like I get out of breath right from the start.
Keep at those 200 stroke events. That is where the money is as far as placing at Nationals, Top Ten, etc. I think in some of the 200 stroke events at Nats. even in younger age groups there weren't 10 entrants!!! I even made Top Ten one year in the 200 LCM back and I am far from a great backstroker. Unfortunately, my best events are the heavily populated 50 and 100 freestyles...
Originally posted by Seagurl51
I hope this hasn't been mentioned already (I'm a terrible reader so I could have missed it), but for those having breathing problems with back just think of it like fly, ***, or free. With those you have a rythm and a certain that you have to breathe. Do the same for back. I tend to breathe about every thrid, just like I do in free. Then hopefully you won't forget, because it's become part of you natural stroke rythm.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Great times from all those who went!! Sounds like it was a blast!!!
Thanks Kyra,
I'll give it a go tonight and see how I do.. I guess I never really thought about the breathing during backstroke, it just sort of takes over me and does what it wants..gotta remember.. I"M in charge! lol..
thanks again,
J
