Has swimming helped improve your posture and spine?
Former Member
I think it's obvious that regular swimming should help improve posture, especially the spine. I feel it even makes us walk better. What are your experiences? I was a little surprised to have seen quite a few swimmers (mostly women in their 50's-60's) with hunchbacks where I swim. They go swimming almost every day, but the curved spines are very visible when they do freestyle. Was it that they took up swimming after having already developed spine problems? Otherwise, if they had been swimming most of their lives, shouldn't they have a great physique?
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Former Member
I think it's obvious that regular swimming should help improve posture, especially the spine. I feel it even makes us walk better. What are your experiences?
Swimming has unquestionable improved my posture and greatly improved chronic muscle spasm in my neck. I was one of those tall, skinny, slumped-shoulder teens. From my 20's - early 40's, I had increasing neck, shoulder and upper back pain. I used to keep a soft cervical collar in my car and travel with it in case I suddenly developed another bout of wry neck.
I started swimming seriously at age 44. Now at 48, most of my life-long posture and pain problems have resolved.
The challenge is improving strength and joint flexibility gradually, without causing injury.
Radswim
I think it's obvious that regular swimming should help improve posture, especially the spine. I feel it even makes us walk better. What are your experiences?
Swimming has unquestionable improved my posture and greatly improved chronic muscle spasm in my neck. I was one of those tall, skinny, slumped-shoulder teens. From my 20's - early 40's, I had increasing neck, shoulder and upper back pain. I used to keep a soft cervical collar in my car and travel with it in case I suddenly developed another bout of wry neck.
I started swimming seriously at age 44. Now at 48, most of my life-long posture and pain problems have resolved.
The challenge is improving strength and joint flexibility gradually, without causing injury.
Radswim
