Hi swimmers,
I am wondering if and how any of you long distance open water swimmers have overcome the vertigo associated with staring into bottomless blue ocean mile after mile. I know much of it might be mind over matter, but still, how do you prevent the potential dizziness associated with constantly looking into a blue abyss?
I can't find anything online about this. Any suggestions sure would be helpful as I am planning a long ocean swim in a year and a half. Any websites addressing this would also be helpful.
Donna
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I stumbled upon a condition called menieres disease (an inner ear condition that can cause episodes of vertigo among other things) but what i found most interesting was the definition of vertigo... a sense of motion when no motion exists. clearly, during a swim, motion does exist, so perhaps attempting to treat this as a case of motion sickness is a good place to start.
(any excuse to eat some ginger candy is welcome in my book)
I stumbled upon a condition called menieres disease (an inner ear condition that can cause episodes of vertigo among other things) but what i found most interesting was the definition of vertigo... a sense of motion when no motion exists. clearly, during a swim, motion does exist, so perhaps attempting to treat this as a case of motion sickness is a good place to start.
(any excuse to eat some ginger candy is welcome in my book)
