I have been injure on my left knee since december, and is not getting better. I can swim fly, free and back without pain, but everytime I swim or kick *** I start feeling a big pain....(twice it made me get out the pool in the middle of the workout.)
I swim everyday of the week and I haven´t stop swimming even for a day since started hurting (just janurary 1rst), the only thing I did it was take off *** sets from my workouts, but since my best events are the 400im and 200im I really need to keep fast on breaststroke.
Even though it hurts I keep swimming brest-chain one day every week, and very short sets while doing individual medley workouts.
I don´t want to go to the doctor, I can run, lift and swim 3 strokes. I thought that at this point it would get better but it didn´t, I´m slowing down on my breaststroke and is driving me nuts cuz my 400 im is slower too.
By experience from lots of injures (tendonitis, etc) I think this one might be a problem on Ligaments.
I don´t want advice like: go to the doctor or rest, I know I should but I wont, Im just asking if somebody has experienced this kind of injure form breaststroke??
How long it takes to get better without do the recommended rest?
There something to buy that would make it less pain?
thanks
New,the problem is you have diagnosed yourself.Maybe you are right and maybe you aren't.I'd get a sportsmedicine doc to do an evaluation,you can always ignore his/her recommendation.If it is a MCL strain that is the common "breaststrokers knee".What I do when my knee gets twingy is take a week and do no breaststroke kick and swim *** pull/dolphin kick with fins.Then I start adding some REALLY slow breaststroke increasing speed as tolerated until I can go all out. That takes about 4 wks.Breaststroke pull/Dolphin kick with fins lets me work on timing and is a good substitute for full stroke.Also icing my knees after swimming helps.
New,the problem is you have diagnosed yourself.Maybe you are right and maybe you aren't.I'd get a sportsmedicine doc to do an evaluation,you can always ignore his/her recommendation.If it is a MCL strain that is the common "breaststrokers knee".What I do when my knee gets twingy is take a week and do no breaststroke kick and swim *** pull/dolphin kick with fins.Then I start adding some REALLY slow breaststroke increasing speed as tolerated until I can go all out. That takes about 4 wks.Breaststroke pull/Dolphin kick with fins lets me work on timing and is a good substitute for full stroke.Also icing my knees after swimming helps.
