...and now, knee pain...

Stud, I was a state-level Breaststroker in Highschool. My senior year, my knees hurt so bad that I could not swim it in practice. However, when I raced, I did not feel the pain, probably mind over matter. Looking back, it probably was not the best thing for my knees, but I was still able to swim it and so far, 25 years later, my knees are still ok for breaststorke. I know what you mean by doing a dolphin kick, it just does not feel right. Good luck Rich, listen to your body. I will. I'm not that worried about my kick and not swimming for a week or so. My weak ponts are the recovery and eh steamline. If I can't swim *** I can still do crawl, back and fly for workout on the legs... So like Allen said some pull drill and dolphin kick will do...If I'm feeling the knee at the end of the week I can skip the meet. I actully think it will be ok and if I'm easy on it this week that will work like a taper a bit,a nd keep the legs fresh. In the meet we'e talking about a total of 14 length of ***. I did some kicks and stuff this past monday without issue so I'm sure an other few days rest will see me recover. I actually think the icy ground is a factor too because you knee has to perform lateral stabilising actions, which hit right on the strained area.

Stud, I was a state-level Breaststroker in Highschool. My senior year, my knees hurt so bad that I could not swim it in practice. However, when I raced, I did not feel the pain, probably mind over matter. Looking back, it probably was not the best thing for my knees, but I was still able to swim it and so far, 25 years later, my knees are still ok for breaststorke. I know what you mean by doing a dolphin kick, it just does not feel right. Good luck Rich, listen to your body. I will. I'm not that worried about my kick and not swimming for a week or so. My weak ponts are the recovery and eh steamline. If I can't swim *** I can still do crawl, back and fly for workout on the legs... So like Allen said some pull drill and dolphin kick will do...If I'm feeling the knee at the end of the week I can skip the meet. I actully think it will be ok and if I'm easy on it this week that will work like a taper a bit,a nd keep the legs fresh. In the meet we'e talking about a total of 14 length of ***. I did some kicks and stuff this past monday without issue so I'm sure an other few days rest will see me recover. I actually think the icy ground is a factor too because you knee has to perform lateral stabilising actions, which hit right on the strained area.