So I'm trying to figure out what happened here...I had a sprints meet yesterday and after my first event (100yd Free), I have been feeling pain in my lower right back ever since. It feels like I overextended or something. I can barely feel it just sitting here, but if I extend my right arm over my head I can feel it. It definitely feels like a sore muscle as opposed to anything too serious. I've tried some stretches putting my right arm over head and leaning to the left, but I'm not sure they've been effective.
Does anyone have any idea what the cause could be and treatment for this should be? I usually don't warm up that much being pretty young (26) so maybe I need to start taking warm up more seriously. I only did a 200 or so warmup. I do try to stretch, but just extremities. Maybe I should find some good back stretches. I'm sure I'll be okay by the end of the week, but I'd like to avoid this in the future.
Switch to distance events :rolleyes:
Seriously, though, warming up, then stretching my back is important for me (although I'm 15 years older). Whenever I do spring (rarely) in a meet, I think the thing that kills my lower back is the starts. As a Master's swimmer, we tend not to do as much from the blocks. That explosive action off the blocks if you're not trained for it can really do a number on the back.
As to fixing it, I know some folks are skeptical of chiropractors, but try one who has a number of younger and older athletes as patients. I wrenched my shoulder this summer (not swimming) and have had a pretty dramatic recovery thanks to a great chiropractor (a former swimmer, himself).
Switch to distance events :rolleyes:
Seriously, though, warming up, then stretching my back is important for me (although I'm 15 years older). Whenever I do spring (rarely) in a meet, I think the thing that kills my lower back is the starts. As a Master's swimmer, we tend not to do as much from the blocks. That explosive action off the blocks if you're not trained for it can really do a number on the back.
As to fixing it, I know some folks are skeptical of chiropractors, but try one who has a number of younger and older athletes as patients. I wrenched my shoulder this summer (not swimming) and have had a pretty dramatic recovery thanks to a great chiropractor (a former swimmer, himself).
