Did my first 5K open water swim today and I felt great until about 4K, where within a relatively short amount of time my right shoulder iritated me so much, I had to compensate by cycling through back/*** and then to free for the last 1000. It really hurt and completely screwed up my race.
The thing is, if I have a "bad" shoulder it is my left, from throwing a baseball, yet it is the right that gave out. I breathe to my left only and the other thing I noticed is that I always have a tendency to turn right. Is this a sign of a stroke flaw? perhaps in the way I am catching and pulling? Does the opposite shoulder to breathing see more stress? If so, is this common? Is it common to veer in the direction away from your breathing side? Is the pull in the non breathing side stronger and that is why I am turning right?
Alot of questions, but I need to fix it.
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My right shoulder and breathing side shoulder is the one that aggravates me. I sit here and it hurts a 1-2 on a scale of 10 just using the computer. Yet it never has bothered me more than that level swimming either. I'm trying my first 5k - I think - next month. I I threw a football twice downfield I would be done for the day.
I notice my right arm tends to be straight vs. my left. Not sure what to make of it without better coaching and/or video.
Sorry, I am too much a novice in these parts to offer advice. I've done some practice open water swims in choppy conditions this year. I do them alone (is this a really bad idea even though I stay in 2-3 feet depth?) along the shore and am forced to breath to my left the entire time it is away from the waves. In a pool, I will do every 3rd 25 breathing to my left in distance sets. I would guess breathing to each side (but still every stroke - at least for me) is a neccessity for open water and would give relief if it is the culprit of soreness.
My right shoulder and breathing side shoulder is the one that aggravates me. I sit here and it hurts a 1-2 on a scale of 10 just using the computer. Yet it never has bothered me more than that level swimming either. I'm trying my first 5k - I think - next month. I I threw a football twice downfield I would be done for the day.
I notice my right arm tends to be straight vs. my left. Not sure what to make of it without better coaching and/or video.
Sorry, I am too much a novice in these parts to offer advice. I've done some practice open water swims in choppy conditions this year. I do them alone (is this a really bad idea even though I stay in 2-3 feet depth?) along the shore and am forced to breath to my left the entire time it is away from the waves. In a pool, I will do every 3rd 25 breathing to my left in distance sets. I would guess breathing to each side (but still every stroke - at least for me) is a neccessity for open water and would give relief if it is the culprit of soreness.
