Hi I am new here.
I have been having a lower back pain for the last few months. I am not sure if this was caused by my nagging hip injury from running or increased amount of swimming (in a poor form). I haven't been running for more than few months, have cut back the swimming volume (from 8000yd/wk to 3-4000/wk), physical therapies, acupuncture, core strengthening work etc. etc. but nothing has helped much.
A few experienced swimmers looked at my swimming form including underwater didn't find anything particular that might be causing or aggrevating my lowerback pain. A few things they noticed are that my arms in front of me tend to cross the center line, and that I do have sissor-kicks, and oh of course horrible low elbow.
I am a triathlete and swimming was the only thing I could do without pain due to the hip problem, until recently. Now with this lower back pain, I can't even swim without worring about pain. Buoy helps and I am waiting for a swimmer's snorkel to arrive so at least I don't have to take a breath which may have something to do with the backpain.
Sorry for the long post. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
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Having suffered lower back pain at times I have tried many solutions.Get X-Rays and a proper diagnosis.Then you can research it yourself.
Without giving an extensive background try these.Stop tumble turns for at least a week and see if you notice a difference. If so then learn to minimize them. You can't necessarily remove the injury but you can help limit what aggravates it.
Have a deep tissue massage (lower back ,legs, etc) once a week for three weeks. Then go to a strong chiro once.The buoy is a good idea.Use it but don’t use it entirely. Your kick sounds odd. Do more backstroke to stretch out the other way.
I'm a fan of deep tissue massage....till it hurts.For me this prevents muscle tightness which can pull things out of place because I have a weak area.
Having suffered lower back pain at times I have tried many solutions.Get X-Rays and a proper diagnosis.Then you can research it yourself.
Without giving an extensive background try these.Stop tumble turns for at least a week and see if you notice a difference. If so then learn to minimize them. You can't necessarily remove the injury but you can help limit what aggravates it.
Have a deep tissue massage (lower back ,legs, etc) once a week for three weeks. Then go to a strong chiro once.The buoy is a good idea.Use it but don’t use it entirely. Your kick sounds odd. Do more backstroke to stretch out the other way.
I'm a fan of deep tissue massage....till it hurts.For me this prevents muscle tightness which can pull things out of place because I have a weak area.
