Hi, I've been swimming about 1km for about a year, one day I decided (I know I did wrong, and I regret it) to swim more, and when I had swam about 1,750 mts my elbow started to hurt, even when I took a shower. The pain disappeared in a couple of days, but when I do some elbow movements my elbow does like a "crack" sound, and hurts a little, but disappears after a while, it's happened in movements like:
.Jumping out of the pool
.Pushing someone
.Lifting weights over my head (for the triceps)
.Doing tecktonik movements (type of dance)
.And many more....
It's been like 10 months since that happened, but for the last 4 months I've taken care of myself, using the hot/cold technique, I've been lifting weights (increasing 250g each week), and increasing swimming distance (I swim 150 crawl, 50 breaststroke, 25-25 -holding a board at my arms, doing crawl and breaststroke kick) I started at 1km, and currently I am swimming 1.5 km, increasing 50 every 3 - 4 times I go swimming.
After I go swimming, my elbow hurts a bit (without movement sometimes) but the pain goes away.
I'd be so thankful if you guys could help me with this because it's been bothering me a lot, and I just wanna be able to do everything.
Thanks in advance.
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A doctor told me that wrist flexion is part of the problem. I tried the above technique, which has the effect of reducing the pressure on the wrist flexors, and it did seem to help.
For now, I will avoid that catch where your hand resembles a hoe entering the water. Jim Clemmons, if you have ever seen him swim, uses this, and I suspect it's very effective. But it does hurt the elbow. Thanks for the info Jim.
Really the key here, is to perform all phases that come prior the effective pulling range (that exclude the catch) totally unloaded. I can certainly understand that attempting to flex the wrist whilst applying pressure can make matters worst.
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That said though, my own tennis elbow was caused by the passing of the elbow underneath the body, this transition phase that marks the end of the pull / beginning of the push phase. Too much pressure there.
With all respect due to physicians, even physios, it was impossible for all these folks to pin point the cause (technically speaking) as most are not even aware about the existence of this elbow passing underneath the body.
You got to know how to swim to find that out.
A doctor told me that wrist flexion is part of the problem. I tried the above technique, which has the effect of reducing the pressure on the wrist flexors, and it did seem to help.
For now, I will avoid that catch where your hand resembles a hoe entering the water. Jim Clemmons, if you have ever seen him swim, uses this, and I suspect it's very effective. But it does hurt the elbow. Thanks for the info Jim.
Really the key here, is to perform all phases that come prior the effective pulling range (that exclude the catch) totally unloaded. I can certainly understand that attempting to flex the wrist whilst applying pressure can make matters worst.
- - -
That said though, my own tennis elbow was caused by the passing of the elbow underneath the body, this transition phase that marks the end of the pull / beginning of the push phase. Too much pressure there.
With all respect due to physicians, even physios, it was impossible for all these folks to pin point the cause (technically speaking) as most are not even aware about the existence of this elbow passing underneath the body.
You got to know how to swim to find that out.
