Perhaps there would be interest in a rotating blog--a different swimmer each week posting his or her workouts. This would provide some insight into what various individuals are doing across the country (or around the world for that matter).
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As I mentioned before, I swam for 30 min. on Friday and ended up in excruciating pain for the rest of the weekend. I begged and managed to get in to see a sports medicine dr. on Monday (one of the docs for the Sacramento Kings!) and after hearing my symptoms, be believes that I injured my C7 disk! Ugh. A back (or in this case, a neck) injury. I did it working on my starts and for the life of me I can't figure out how I hit the water wrong. I am so bummed because I was just getting over my "fear of the smack"...some of you may remember my rants about my big starting block phobia a few years ago, and I've incorporated so much of your good advice.
Last night I took a spinning class, but as you all know, it's just not the same....(sniff, sniff!) Dr. says that I can do everything that doesn't hurt, and he even told me that I can swim if there's no pain, but after last Friday I am a bit hesitant to jump back in. I might go tonight and just kick - I seriously miss the water.
He also told me that this injury is common with basketball players and that they heal (albiet slowly) 9 out of 10 times. Worst case: surgery. Best case: I heal slowly.
No meets; no starting blocks. At this point I am looking towards Worlds in August....
So word of warning friends: be careful with your neck and back, even in the water!
I'm getting an MRI on Monday and we'll just to go from there. All I can say is: thank goodness for Vicodin.
As I mentioned before, I swam for 30 min. on Friday and ended up in excruciating pain for the rest of the weekend. I begged and managed to get in to see a sports medicine dr. on Monday (one of the docs for the Sacramento Kings!) and after hearing my symptoms, be believes that I injured my C7 disk! Ugh. A back (or in this case, a neck) injury. I did it working on my starts and for the life of me I can't figure out how I hit the water wrong. I am so bummed because I was just getting over my "fear of the smack"...some of you may remember my rants about my big starting block phobia a few years ago, and I've incorporated so much of your good advice.
Last night I took a spinning class, but as you all know, it's just not the same....(sniff, sniff!) Dr. says that I can do everything that doesn't hurt, and he even told me that I can swim if there's no pain, but after last Friday I am a bit hesitant to jump back in. I might go tonight and just kick - I seriously miss the water.
He also told me that this injury is common with basketball players and that they heal (albiet slowly) 9 out of 10 times. Worst case: surgery. Best case: I heal slowly.
No meets; no starting blocks. At this point I am looking towards Worlds in August....
So word of warning friends: be careful with your neck and back, even in the water!
I'm getting an MRI on Monday and we'll just to go from there. All I can say is: thank goodness for Vicodin.
