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Swimming is a great sport enjoyed by all age groups at all levels of ability. It combines body strength, flexibility, and endurance. Swimmers are unfortunately prone to injuries. Most swimming injuries are classed as overuse injuries and relate to faulty biomechanics The most common swimming injury regions are the shoulder, neck, lower back, and knee. | |||
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Swimming overuse injuries usually arise from one or a combination of the below | |||
* Poor stroke mechanics | |||
* Poor breathing technique | |||
* Poor flexibility or range of motion eg of neck or low back | |||
* Hyper flexibility of joints with insufficient muscular stabilisation | |||
* Decreased rotator cuff or scapular muscle strength | |||
* Insufficient core strength/stability | |||
* Decreased hip muscle strength | |||
* Overtraining | |||
* Not enough rest periods | |||
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[[Category:Sports Injuries]] | |||
[[Category:Shoulder - Conditions]] | |||
[[Category:Knee - Conditions]] | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Swimming is a great sport enjoyed by all age groups at all levels of ability. It combines body strength, flexibility, and endurance. Swimmers are unfortunately prone to injuries. Most swimming injuries are classed as overuse injuries and relate to faulty biomechanics The most common swimming injury regions are the shoulder, neck, lower back, and knee.
Swimming overuse injuries usually arise from one or a combination of the below
- Poor stroke mechanics
- Poor breathing technique
- Poor flexibility or range of motion eg of neck or low back
- Hyper flexibility of joints with insufficient muscular stabilisation
- Decreased rotator cuff or scapular muscle strength
- Insufficient core strength/stability
- Decreased hip muscle strength
- Overtraining
- Not enough rest periods
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