Simple question: What are the effects of the kind of swimming we do on DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
I'm nearly pain free. My C7-C6 herniation, while debilitating a few weeks ago, is only causing minor numbness and tingling in my right hand.
I cannot, for the life of me, find a competent medical authority, definitive research, or a firsthand account of how 2000-3000 yard workouts, including intervals and distance training, effect the cervical spine.
Yeah, yeah, I know that I allegedly "twist my neck" when I swim, but I also know that proper stroke technique includes rolling one's body rather than turning one's head to breath.
But my C6-C7 disc took my right arm out of commission for a while. It seems to be getting stronger. Will I ever get it back?
I want to get back in the water and start swimming soon. I was supposed to do an Alcatraz swim a couple weeks ago, and I want to do it next year. After a month off, I should start training now.
Before I started swimming, I had lower back pain that virtually disappeared when took up the sport. That was two years ago. I just can't seem to get an answer as to whether I should be swimming, or if I should not be swimming.
Thank you.
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CJ,
I am actually 'going' to have it. DD is a hereditary disease for the women in my mom's family, and both my grandmother and her mother have it, my aunt is showing symptoms of it, and my mother is eventually going to show her own symptoms. I am at an 80% chance of showing symptoms when I near 50.
My point to that winded paragraph this: My specialist told me that swimming, even competitive swimming, is one of THE BEST things I can do towards preventing or at least elongating the progression of DD.
I can't answer your questions about getting back your times or complete recovery, but I can answer the most vital. What's important is that you listen to your body.
CJ,
I am actually 'going' to have it. DD is a hereditary disease for the women in my mom's family, and both my grandmother and her mother have it, my aunt is showing symptoms of it, and my mother is eventually going to show her own symptoms. I am at an 80% chance of showing symptoms when I near 50.
My point to that winded paragraph this: My specialist told me that swimming, even competitive swimming, is one of THE BEST things I can do towards preventing or at least elongating the progression of DD.
I can't answer your questions about getting back your times or complete recovery, but I can answer the most vital. What's important is that you listen to your body.
