Have any of you experienced forearm discomfort/tension/fatigue while swimming freestyle?
My LEFT forearm gets really tension/fatigue almost when swimming freestyle but nothing else. No problem on the right side at all.
The left forearm also feels this way when typing on a computer(like now) Any suggestions for a remedy?
It makes swimming anything past a 200 really difficultl
Yes. In my case, generalized forearm tension and fatigue was a precursor to serious elbow pain. I am all better now but my advice is not to ignore it the way I did.
Try some of these stretches:
www.health.com/.../0,,zm2290,00.html
I agree that stretching is very helpful. Another way to do the type of stretch shown in the link is to stand at arm's length from the wall. To stretch the wrist flexors, which are your problem muscles, rotate your arm externally in the shoulder and put your palm against the wall with your fingers pointing down. To stretch the wrist extensors, put the back of your hand against the wall. Somehow I find that stretching this way is less strain on the wrist itself than doing it by pulling on one hand with the other.
I also started using a stretch cord to resist moving my hand through its full extended-to-flexed range of motion. A few sets of those every day just like a few sets of RC exercises seems to have helped too.
Yes. In my case, generalized forearm tension and fatigue was a precursor to serious elbow pain. I am all better now but my advice is not to ignore it the way I did.
Try some of these stretches:
www.health.com/.../0,,zm2290,00.html
I agree that stretching is very helpful. Another way to do the type of stretch shown in the link is to stand at arm's length from the wall. To stretch the wrist flexors, which are your problem muscles, rotate your arm externally in the shoulder and put your palm against the wall with your fingers pointing down. To stretch the wrist extensors, put the back of your hand against the wall. Somehow I find that stretching this way is less strain on the wrist itself than doing it by pulling on one hand with the other.
I also started using a stretch cord to resist moving my hand through its full extended-to-flexed range of motion. A few sets of those every day just like a few sets of RC exercises seems to have helped too.
