...and now, knee pain...

Warren,If I'm remembering my anatomy correctly "Breaststrokers Knee"(yes thats a real diagnosis) is a strained medial collateral ligament. Rich,now is a good time to work on undulation and fast hands with breaststroke pull and dolphin kick. My right knee was ruined by breaststroke (well and soccer and basketball too a bit I suppose..LOL!)....thats why I am sticking to only the 100 IM from now on....I had a friend that swam breaststroke in college but he was pretty much a pure breaststroker only (and a pretty fast breaststroker at that!)....I noticed that when he swam freestyle he had the funkiest freestyle kick I ever saw....his feet were pointed out at right angles to his legs in the plane of the water's surface and then they would rotate in and rotate back out as he kicked....Anybody else seen a pure breaststroker kick freestyle kick this way??....Is this what happens when you spend that much time swimming like a frog? Newmastersswimmer p.s. Good luck at your upcoming meet Muppet!

Warren,If I'm remembering my anatomy correctly "Breaststrokers Knee"(yes thats a real diagnosis) is a strained medial collateral ligament. Rich,now is a good time to work on undulation and fast hands with breaststroke pull and dolphin kick. My right knee was ruined by breaststroke (well and soccer and basketball too a bit I suppose..LOL!)....thats why I am sticking to only the 100 IM from now on....I had a friend that swam breaststroke in college but he was pretty much a pure breaststroker only (and a pretty fast breaststroker at that!)....I noticed that when he swam freestyle he had the funkiest freestyle kick I ever saw....his feet were pointed out at right angles to his legs in the plane of the water's surface and then they would rotate in and rotate back out as he kicked....Anybody else seen a pure breaststroker kick freestyle kick this way??....Is this what happens when you spend that much time swimming like a frog? Newmastersswimmer p.s. Good luck at your upcoming meet Muppet!