swimmers & mattresses/chairs with good back support
Former Member
Regular swimmers are supposed to have good posture. Does that make it less important for swimmers to use mattresses and chairs with good back support to avoid back pain/injuries? (as an exaggeration, if you do backstroke 4 hours a day, you are on a high-quality "mattress" 4 hours a day:bed: and methinks it's unlikely you would develop back problem due to bad mattress :D)
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Former Member
Thanks for the replies. So sorry to know some of you have painful back problems. The tri-blub article is very interesting. It seems they were all talking about how injuries like UCS could affect swimming, or swimming improperly may worsen the condition; in other words, it's about someone who has already developed the condition perhaps before taking up swimming?
I have Spondylosis in my lower back (stress fracture, degenerative) that I developed in my last couple years of college swimming.
Do you mean it was caused by swimming, or just happened to be developed during the years of college swimming? Do you think it would have been worse had you stopped swimming?
My parents home office has a Herman Miller Aeron Chair which is absolutely phenomenal. You can sit in it for hours and feel like you just sat down.
See, here is a problem with good chairs: you would sit in it for hours and spend less time swimming. :)
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Former Member
Thanks for the replies. So sorry to know some of you have painful back problems. The tri-blub article is very interesting. It seems they were all talking about how injuries like UCS could affect swimming, or swimming improperly may worsen the condition; in other words, it's about someone who has already developed the condition perhaps before taking up swimming?
I have Spondylosis in my lower back (stress fracture, degenerative) that I developed in my last couple years of college swimming.
Do you mean it was caused by swimming, or just happened to be developed during the years of college swimming? Do you think it would have been worse had you stopped swimming?
My parents home office has a Herman Miller Aeron Chair which is absolutely phenomenal. You can sit in it for hours and feel like you just sat down.
See, here is a problem with good chairs: you would sit in it for hours and spend less time swimming. :)
