I saw my EMT doc yesterday. She is of the opinion that my post nasal drip is inflaming the bottom portion of my vocal cords and could be the reason they are shutting down during swimming. She has never treated this condition but gave me medication to dry up the post nasal drip. Mean time. I found a pool side breathing exercise from "Coach Shev Gul" that seems to be working in that I have more than doubled my pull laps with out stopping and gasping for air. Check out this article "Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique Practice for Improved Swimming Performance". Again, any one out there with the same problem? I still can not do more than 75 yrds but am improving.
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Ed,
A few years back, I was able to swim 100 laps straight, but my distance started to decline and for the last seven months, all I could do is 50 mtrs before becoming short of breath. I went through what was called a million dollar medical workup - a variety of scans, echocardio, stress tests, largynoscopy.... Everything was normal, except for my VO2 max stress test and largynoscopy.
Last month I was diagnosed with PVCD and will begin speech therapy this week. I understand that this is very common in female athletes, but it also affects men. A variety of things could cause your vocal cords to close when inhaling - mine apparently is due to GERD and anxiety. My therapy is supposed to give me the tools to open up my vocal cords, and I was told, I should be able to swim the distance again.
I hope the therapy works because this has been an incredibly frustrating experience, especially since the majority of doctors I saw had never heard of PVCD, and I was told more than once that this was all in my head. Have you had speech therapy yet?
Ed,
A few years back, I was able to swim 100 laps straight, but my distance started to decline and for the last seven months, all I could do is 50 mtrs before becoming short of breath. I went through what was called a million dollar medical workup - a variety of scans, echocardio, stress tests, largynoscopy.... Everything was normal, except for my VO2 max stress test and largynoscopy.
Last month I was diagnosed with PVCD and will begin speech therapy this week. I understand that this is very common in female athletes, but it also affects men. A variety of things could cause your vocal cords to close when inhaling - mine apparently is due to GERD and anxiety. My therapy is supposed to give me the tools to open up my vocal cords, and I was told, I should be able to swim the distance again.
I hope the therapy works because this has been an incredibly frustrating experience, especially since the majority of doctors I saw had never heard of PVCD, and I was told more than once that this was all in my head. Have you had speech therapy yet?
