All of a sudden after four years of competing and regular workouts my medial right elbow is strained and hurts with stroke. I am in the 75-79 age group.. How do I modify my stroke to alleviate the strain. I swim all four strokes and am entered at Harvard ten events in two weeks. I am icing and using ibuprofen. Thanks
In my experience - you need to strengthen the forearms - i keep squishy "balls" in my car and squeeze those while i drive back and forth from work - maybe 80-100 reps with each hand. after doing this for a week or so - my problem goes away. i avoid paddles because i think they put too much strain on older shoulders and joints.
In my experience - you need to strengthen the forearms - i keep squishy "balls" in my car and squeeze those while i drive back and forth from work - maybe 80-100 reps with each hand. after doing this for a week or so - my problem goes away. i avoid paddles because i think they put too much strain on older shoulders and joints.
