I have been getting a sore lower back following my swimming workouts. I am sure that it has to do with my technique. I am not that buoyant and I think that the back pain is a result of my lower body sinking while I am swimming. Would a pull buoy help elevate my lower body while swimming?
I get sore backs from swimming, especially in the winter when the cold weather seems to increase the spasming crankiness of the lower back muscles.
Kicking, particularly fly, is hard on my back.
Sprinting freestyle and fly are also quite hard on it.
If you have access to Nautilus equipment, there are three machines that are good at stabilizing the back--the crunch machine, the back machine, and the core rotation machine for those diagonal muscles--sorry, drawing a blank on the name. Obliques! Yes, I think that's what they are called. Anyhow, if you strength train these three areas, it can help--just don't overdo it.
My identical twin brother jogs instead of swims and he almost never has back pain. You'd think the jostling and pounding would hurt your back, but he is convinced it tightens up and strengthens stabilizing muscles that keep the back supported. I play a lot of tennis in the summers, and this sometimes helps my back, though it also can lead to weird imbalanced injuries, too.
I get sore backs from swimming, especially in the winter when the cold weather seems to increase the spasming crankiness of the lower back muscles.
Kicking, particularly fly, is hard on my back.
Sprinting freestyle and fly are also quite hard on it.
If you have access to Nautilus equipment, there are three machines that are good at stabilizing the back--the crunch machine, the back machine, and the core rotation machine for those diagonal muscles--sorry, drawing a blank on the name. Obliques! Yes, I think that's what they are called. Anyhow, if you strength train these three areas, it can help--just don't overdo it.
My identical twin brother jogs instead of swims and he almost never has back pain. You'd think the jostling and pounding would hurt your back, but he is convinced it tightens up and strengthens stabilizing muscles that keep the back supported. I play a lot of tennis in the summers, and this sometimes helps my back, though it also can lead to weird imbalanced injuries, too.
