Hi folk!
This problem's actually easing up somewhat but I thought it might be worth getting your input anyway.
I've been having a knee problem lately that slowed down both swimming and running. Both are picking back up again, and doing better right now w/ the swimming. But for one thing: some knee pain when pushing off walls and/or kicking--and mostly the first few kicks right after a turn. (Don't know if this is relevant, but I haven't been doing flip turns lately. Kind of lost the art and have decided to hold off on that and work on other skills for now.)
As noted, there's been some improvement: needed a pull buoy for most of my swim when the problem was at its worst; now I use it less and I've gone from ridiculously slow to my "normal slow." ("Fast" or even "fast for me" are goals now.)
Your thoughts? Thanks!
Thanks AquaFeisty... sounds like motivation to get the flip turn back online again. Had so much trouble w/ it for some reason (after thinking I had it down) that I decided to give it a rest for a while.
Those suggestions all sound helpful! I've been doing more stretching now--I'll go into the sauna afterward to stretch, which really seems to help. Also sometimes do some stretching in the water after finishing the swim. Quads probably need extra attention...was focusing on hamstrings for a while b/c a track coach friend noticed they were pretty tight.
Thankfully at least I can still swim to enough of an extent to get a decent workout. Running has been a real problem, but that too will come around! Gotta think positive... and work for it.
p.s. hmmm.... my problem did seem to have been aggravated by a "land sport." But what can I say... I'm addicted to both!
Thanks AquaFeisty... sounds like motivation to get the flip turn back online again. Had so much trouble w/ it for some reason (after thinking I had it down) that I decided to give it a rest for a while.
Those suggestions all sound helpful! I've been doing more stretching now--I'll go into the sauna afterward to stretch, which really seems to help. Also sometimes do some stretching in the water after finishing the swim. Quads probably need extra attention...was focusing on hamstrings for a while b/c a track coach friend noticed they were pretty tight.
Thankfully at least I can still swim to enough of an extent to get a decent workout. Running has been a real problem, but that too will come around! Gotta think positive... and work for it.
p.s. hmmm.... my problem did seem to have been aggravated by a "land sport." But what can I say... I'm addicted to both!
