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Joints pain

guest — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:51:56 GMT

I've been swimming every day now for a month. Every day I do 25 laps. Except that I do yoga before sleep (not much, some leg exercises and about 5 asanas). Sometimes instead of swimming I run 1- 2 miles. One day a week I take a break- either work out less or don't do anything at all.

At the beginning, first couple of days, I felt a little muscle pain- nothing extraordinary. It was gone after a week. 2- 3 days ago joints pain has started- my elbows, arms, knees and hips are killing me. I don't know what may be the cause. Any ideas?

Thank you for help.

Swimming with a healing wound

guest — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:57:39 GMT

I have a wound on the back of my ankle that has been healing for the past 2 weeks. It is non-bloody, and there is no scarring, it is just pinkish. I cover this with a bandaid. My question is, how can I swim with this? What should I use to cover it up, or is that not neccessary? I don't think you're allowed to swim in public pools with a healing wound or a band-aid.

Rotator Cuff

guest — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:53:37 GMT

Hey all, I've been experiencing a clicking in my left shoulder while swimming. There's no pain, it just doesn't sound good. Any ideas on what it is and the best way to approach rehabiliting it? Simple rotator cuff exercises maybe? Thanks! - Tony

Calf cramps

guest — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:29:50 GMT

I'm a triathlete and tend to get some pretty nasty calf & leg cramps from swimming, especially on longer swims. From reading the forums it looks like I should bend/relax my knees more. Maybe it just takes me longer for the blood to move from my swimming muscles to my legs? It's frustrating because it takes a while for the cramps to subside and my then my competition is too far ahead on the bike to catch. I eat 2 banans a day, strech, and drink tonic water. Any suggestions would be great.

-Jonathan

Bloated after long swims

guest — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:22:42 GMT

Can someone explain to me why I am bloated after long swims and how can I avoid it.

Huge Headache while swimming

guest — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:08:49 GMT

I occasionally get huge headaches when swimming. It does not seem to happen everytime. I thought it was my goggles, but I have moved them around, maybe the swim cap, but what can I do about that. Any ideas what this can be and what to do about it? Thanks guys!

asthma induced by swimming

guest — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:51:59 GMT

has anyone else experience asthma symptoms after swimming in an indoor pool? It has gotten so bad that I have had to give up swimming. I tried to pre-medicate and use asthma medications but it doesn't seem to help. Does anyone know if I swim in an outdoor pool will it improve?

I have researched it and believe the cause is the gas that forms just above the water that triggers the attack. I would appreciate any comments.

Dry Skin

guest — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:05:17 GMT

I have dry skin in the winter anyway, but I swim three days a week and the pool is eating me alive. Does anyone know of a really good lotion?

Thanks,

John

Foot Cramps in Pool

guest — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:51:48 GMT

Does anyone else ever have horrible foot cramps while swimming. I try to stretch before and after, but it never fails, I always have horrible pain in one foot. Has anyone else experienced this?

Foot Cramps in Pool

masters swimmer with impingment syndrome ?surgery and treatment

guest — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:09:55 GMT

I was recently diagnosed with impingement syndrome. I have been stopped overhand swimmming for 4 months, had 2 cortisol injections and PT. My MRI shows fluid in my bursa. I'd like to talk to someone over 50 who has had surgery for this and what that was like. drfish

Severe leg pain while swimming

guest — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:58:44 GMT

I am not sure if anyone has read this thread but I thought I would update. I have seen and orthopedic twice now receiving a cordisone shot in my knee which did little and I just finished a week of prednisone which did even less to releave the pain issues in my left leg. I have also gone to a physical therapist countless times for deep tissue massages. The general consciences is that I have tendontis in my ankle, knee and possibly my hip from overuse. The physical therapist seems to think it has to do with muscle tightness in my upper thigh/glut. I was told to try to run a few miles recently to see how I progessed and I could only make a couple blocks before I was in severe pain and I could hardly move the next day.

I am streatching and iceing every day. I now only swim and try not to kick much. The power in my left leg on my turns is about 60 percent. I have no swelling or bruising in my leg and now I can walk slow ok except for the first three or so steps which is very painful. This problem is now over a month old with very little if any progess after weeks things like a cortisone shot, prednisone, deep tissue massages, ultrasound therapy, daily streaching and icing, and cutting back activities to only modified swimming.

Any ideas on what going on??

Original post:

Recently I have been experiencing leg pain while swimming. The pain starts at my ankle and shoots up my leg. Sometimes the pain goes up to my hip -I've had cramps and this in NOT a crap. I feel pain when I turn off the wall but even more when I butterfly kick on my back. This pain started after I ran a pretty fast 5k race. The day after the race, I swam a 5k event in long course meters and that is when I first noticed this while swimming. I have stopped running and I feel very little leg pain other than when I swim. This morning I swam a fairly difficult work out, around 4500 yards with several fast interval sets. At the end of the workout, we raced a 200 off the blocks. I didn't hurt until that bad until I got out. Then I felt a horrible stabbing pain all up my leg, almost as like what I imagine a stress fracture would feel like and I could only limp. However, an hour later the pain went almost entirely away. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on with me?

I am in pretty good shape and I swim 6 to 8 times a week usually averaging 20k to 30k yards a week. I am 43 years old.

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