I was fine at swimming; got home it started to ache now it hurts to bend it or have any lateral motion. Ice and advil huh?
I think it's probably just a bit strained...let's hope...
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I look like a vegie salad in the making.
Donna
Donna, sorry to be laughing but what a funny picture you paint. I'm usually a fruit salad -- blueberries on right shoulder & mixed fruit on left, never thought of myself as a fruit salad!:joker: :joker: :joker:
SwumStud -- I can help you with this one. Breastroke, our best stroke, causes tremendous stress on the knees. Your probably not warming up enough and probably getting the knees to wide. Last year I had my left knee so sore I could barely swim. My team mates laughed at me, again, but I pulled out a length of stretch tube (red, a piece from physical therapy of course) Tied it in a length just wide enough to go right above my knees and did all my breastroke with it on. I remembered doing this when this stroke went from frog kick to whip kick way back when..... Anyway, it forced me to keep my knees narrower and forced me to work the whip and push water back with my feet and put less stress on my knees. The problem did resolve and I have not had another problem with my knees since. Wish there was as easy a remedy for the shoulders.:rolleyes:
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I look like a vegie salad in the making.
Donna
Donna, sorry to be laughing but what a funny picture you paint. I'm usually a fruit salad -- blueberries on right shoulder & mixed fruit on left, never thought of myself as a fruit salad!:joker: :joker: :joker:
SwumStud -- I can help you with this one. Breastroke, our best stroke, causes tremendous stress on the knees. Your probably not warming up enough and probably getting the knees to wide. Last year I had my left knee so sore I could barely swim. My team mates laughed at me, again, but I pulled out a length of stretch tube (red, a piece from physical therapy of course) Tied it in a length just wide enough to go right above my knees and did all my breastroke with it on. I remembered doing this when this stroke went from frog kick to whip kick way back when..... Anyway, it forced me to keep my knees narrower and forced me to work the whip and push water back with my feet and put less stress on my knees. The problem did resolve and I have not had another problem with my knees since. Wish there was as easy a remedy for the shoulders.:rolleyes:
