Being relatively new to swimming don't know how the “rules” of being sick-getting better-jumping back in the water work. So here's my question:
How soon you think I can go back to swimming after having a very bad bronchitis? I got sick last Wednesday :cry:, do feel better now, BUT the cough is still very strong and the nose is trying to run away... :D
Any suggestions? Supposedly I am on the list to swim a relay in November, so can't miss too many days, on the other hand, don't want to get sicker.... :shakeshead:
Thank you very much!!!:notworthy:
there's a thread around somewhere where people were very animated about the pros and cons of swimming with a cold/other sickness. personally, unless i am near death, i tend to get in. Swam a meet with the flu spring '06, and actually did pretty well (100 free was at the time my 2nd best non-championiship meet time; 500 was 3rd best that year).
just be careful about
a) spreading your illness; and
b) nursing yourself back to health.
If you are sick you need to stay out of the water or refrain from any form of exercise. There is now sufficient research that exercising while being sick has a very negative impact on your heart. You may think you do good but you actually do harm to your body. Stay in bed, get better, feel good and then you can jump back into the water. Any active person will quickly be able to catch up with his or her training :-)
I haven't heard that -- can I ask where this research is coming from?
If you are sick you need to stay out of the water or refrain from any form of exercise. There is now sufficient research that exercising while being sick has a very negative impact on your heart. You may think you do good but you actually do harm to your body. Stay in bed, get better, feel good and then you can jump back into the water. Any active person will quickly be able to catch up with his or her training :-)
I've heard about it also...don't remember where though. Anyway, I tried to do my "sport" walk today with the dogs and after about 20 min I thought I would pass out from being tired and weak... :cane:
Guess I'll wait a bit more to jump in the pool. Maybe until I finish all of my antibiotics. :whiteflag:
swam last night and I do believe it helped. My lungs feel clearer this morning... folks in the office are not avoiding me, LOL. Did the h20 aerobic thing with the resistance bands too. Mild stiffness, but not really sore, in a lot of different muscle groups. Let me tell you, using a resistance band in the water is very different than on land. For example, if you have the band under your foot and the leg/foot extended behind you, your leg wants to float up so you really have to push down to keep your foot on the bottom of the pool and the band from slipping off your foot. And, you have to deal with the movement of the water/balance. I think using resistance bands in the water works more muscles groups than on land.
TTFN Lainey
If you are sick you need to stay out of the water or refrain from any form of exercise. There is now sufficient research that exercising while being sick has a very negative impact on your heart. You may think you do good but you actually do harm to your body. Stay in bed, get better, feel good and then you can jump back into the water. Any active person will quickly be able to catch up with his or her training :-)
