Hello,
I have been taking swim lessons for about two months now. After twenty-one years of beating up my body running, I decided to give it a break by learning to swim. Well......
I now have pain in both achilles tendons. It is down low, on the back of my heels. I am still running, but only a fraction of the mileage I was doing before. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how my limited amount of running has caused this heel pain. It all started about two months ago. So, I have put 2 and 2 together ... it must be the swimming, but how?
I am using flippers. Could that be it?
Please help. I'm tired of aching all the time!
Thanks,
Cheryl
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Slowfish,
I want to thank you for taking the time to advise me about the fins. I have been out of them for a week now. I still have a tiny bit of pain in my heels (probably because my running is not allowing them adequate time to heal), but I can tell they are getting better. Thus, I attribute the pain to the fins.
Okay, so I've been swimming for about 10 weeks now. Nine of those weeks were with flippers, prescribed by the swim teacher. I was up to 100 yards (on a good day), and now I'm back down to 50 on a good day.
You said you were addicted to fins for awhile. Were you taking lessons also? I just don't understand why swim instructors teach us to rely on fins, and then when we get rid of them, we have to learn all over again. I can't keep my butt up without fins. I find myself kicking like a fiend to try and stay up, and then wearing myself out. It almost seems like I'm never going to get the hang of this!
You said you are doing sets of 25's without the fins. Are you using a kickboard or swimming? I've tried to understand the thread about the flutter kick, but it's too technical for me.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheryl
Slowfish,
I want to thank you for taking the time to advise me about the fins. I have been out of them for a week now. I still have a tiny bit of pain in my heels (probably because my running is not allowing them adequate time to heal), but I can tell they are getting better. Thus, I attribute the pain to the fins.
Okay, so I've been swimming for about 10 weeks now. Nine of those weeks were with flippers, prescribed by the swim teacher. I was up to 100 yards (on a good day), and now I'm back down to 50 on a good day.
You said you were addicted to fins for awhile. Were you taking lessons also? I just don't understand why swim instructors teach us to rely on fins, and then when we get rid of them, we have to learn all over again. I can't keep my butt up without fins. I find myself kicking like a fiend to try and stay up, and then wearing myself out. It almost seems like I'm never going to get the hang of this!
You said you are doing sets of 25's without the fins. Are you using a kickboard or swimming? I've tried to understand the thread about the flutter kick, but it's too technical for me.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheryl
