help! swimming is killing me...i started a masters program 6 months ago, up to 3500 yrds 3-4 times a week, love it, feel great, more energy,lost weight however... started getting sick about 5 weeks ago after workout,labored breathing chills and flu like pain lasts 24 hours or so. my dr prescribed anti biotics and inhaler took 1 week off went back strong workout felt great, got even sicker next day better. now prednisone and 2 weeks off, feel great,go back, go easy 2000 yrds-sick again! my goal is to swim open water mile this june and i need to get this thing solved, i don't think it's asthma as the inhaler does nothing and also my eyes were horribly bloodshot when i was acutely sick, any ideas? i even tried another pool thinking same results.
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Not a bad idea. Especially if I've recently eaten or drank coffee. I wonder if it's all the air I swallow. When you swim and take rather fast and forceful inhalations, some of it goes into your stomach. That extra air makes regurgitation more likely. Maybe I should try to breath a little more relaxed.
I would guess the pressure of the water on the abdomen as well as the horizontal position in the water has quite a bit to do with it.
Not a bad idea. Especially if I've recently eaten or drank coffee. I wonder if it's all the air I swallow. When you swim and take rather fast and forceful inhalations, some of it goes into your stomach. That extra air makes regurgitation more likely. Maybe I should try to breath a little more relaxed.
I would guess the pressure of the water on the abdomen as well as the horizontal position in the water has quite a bit to do with it.
