Hi I have had fairly bad case of biceps tendonitis for quite some time now and have not been able to swim. I have been doing kick sets every day for several weeks now, but realized that I wasn't _really_ doing the flutter kick in order to get more propulsion (otherwise I really don't move very much at all).
In any case, after reading these forums I decided to buy some Zoomers fins and started doing all my kicking with them for the past week. Initially I was quite happy with them (except blisters but I think I have solved that problem now). However, I have a concomitant knee problem (I went to an orthopod some time ago for it and he said by the physical exam it might be a medial meniscus issue - pain on the inside of my right knee - but since it was still relatively mild he was hesitant to do an MRI as surgery would not be something that would be considered at this point, which sounds reasonable to me) and I have noticed this week it has gotten worse (I did also stupidly sprint for my bus on Monday which I immediately felt caused some knee upset, and that certainly contributed a lot to it, but I'm still wondering about the Zoomers).
I know initially I did not feel the Zoomers aggravate my knee pain but now I'm not sure (although today I seem to have had more knee pain in general throughout the day so I'm not really sure if working out with them really added anything to it or if its just that my knee pain was still there when I was using them). In any case, I was wondering people's opinions about whether my increasing knee pain this week might be related to the Zoomers or perhaps simply to using them too much too soon? Anyone with knee problems noticed that Zoomers aggravate them? Are any other short fins better for knees or am I just stuck ineffectively kicking with no fins since I can't swim cuz of the shoulder probs?
Oh yeah I'm only doing flutter kick and I'm fairly sure I'm doing it correctly with the Zoomers (my legs are certainly straight and I am not kicking from the knees although I wonder if maybe I am locking them more than I should be perhaps).
Thanks
Misha
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Tell me about your lower back pain. I'm having major problems with that....I've had disc problems in the distant past, but my right gluteus maximus/low back/upper leg area have been aching badly. All I can think of was I got these new fins, and loved the feel of swimming with them, and didn't spend a lot of time breaking into them, but on the other hand was using them daily, but not a real long time either. ...Have stopped *** stroke for awhile, but still am swimming almost daily, as I don't want to lose the fitness level I've achieved....
I think fins make more use of the hamstring and gluteal muscles, at least that's what I feel when I use them. It's necessary to stretch the hamstrings afterwards. You also want to make sure you don't have a really wide kick when you use them, and I believe it's considered a bad idea to use them for *** stroke. It's probably best just to use them for drills, 5 or 10 minutes at most, and do the rest of your swimming without.
Tell me about your lower back pain. I'm having major problems with that....I've had disc problems in the distant past, but my right gluteus maximus/low back/upper leg area have been aching badly. All I can think of was I got these new fins, and loved the feel of swimming with them, and didn't spend a lot of time breaking into them, but on the other hand was using them daily, but not a real long time either. ...Have stopped *** stroke for awhile, but still am swimming almost daily, as I don't want to lose the fitness level I've achieved....
I think fins make more use of the hamstring and gluteal muscles, at least that's what I feel when I use them. It's necessary to stretch the hamstrings afterwards. You also want to make sure you don't have a really wide kick when you use them, and I believe it's considered a bad idea to use them for *** stroke. It's probably best just to use them for drills, 5 or 10 minutes at most, and do the rest of your swimming without.
