Hi everyone, I'm a long time lurker and a first time poster. I really have enjoyed the discussion and really appreciate all of your advice.
I started swimming again (2 months ago) regularly after taking a few years off. I have been swimming between 2 and 3k (SCY) per day about 4 or 5 times a week since then.
A couple of times (usually when I've been swimming for a while and am pretty tired) I have tweaked the nerve that runs down the left side of the back of my neck. Usually it happens when I am taking a breath on the right side. Once it made me have to stop and rest in the middle of my set before I felt comfortable to continue.
I thought that it was probably because my form is maybe not quite right, and my lack of proper rotation is causing me to lift my head to breath instead of just rolling over. Does that sound plausible? I don't anticipate that there is anything seriously wrong, but I'm thinking about doing a short triathalon....would hate for this to happen in the middle of a lake or river or sumpin'....
Does this happen to anyone else? Is it something to be concerned about? Is it caused by my poor form?
Thanks in advance.
James.
Every once in awhile I get a truly paralyzing twinge in my neck. I could just move the wrong way walking around, it's happened in the shower, but never in the pool.
It feels like someone has just grabbed the nerve in the left side of the back of my neck, and I literally seize. Since I started lifting it's gotten much better, and so has my posture.
I wonder though if it's not genetic, because it happened to my 4 year old daughter one day. She just started wailing and grabbing the back of her neck. She wasn't doing anything strenuous, just playing with toys on the floor.
Every once in awhile I get a truly paralyzing twinge in my neck. I could just move the wrong way walking around, it's happened in the shower, but never in the pool.
It feels like someone has just grabbed the nerve in the left side of the back of my neck, and I literally seize. Since I started lifting it's gotten much better, and so has my posture.
I wonder though if it's not genetic, because it happened to my 4 year old daughter one day. She just started wailing and grabbing the back of her neck. She wasn't doing anything strenuous, just playing with toys on the floor.
