Since I'm trying to shake things up and woudl really like to attempt swimming again, I'm wondering what I can do so I don't hurt myself again. I thought you couldn't hurt yourself swimming because it's so low-impact, but I really pulled a muscle (or 3 or 4 ) in my back last time. I didn't do any stretching before or after so I assume that's what it was...does anyone have any other suggestions. I did 30 minutes of laps in an olympic size pool...but they had dividers up so I think each lap was 25m. I did mostly front stroke with a few breaks for breast stroke when I was really tired.
Any suggestions woudl be great because I really want to go again but not if it's going to put me out of commission for another week!
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Hurt myself swimming...what can I do for next time?
) in my back last time. I didn't do any stretching before or after so I assume that's what it was...does anyone have any other suggestions. I did 30 minutes of laps in an olympic size pool...but they had dividers up so I think each lap was 25m. I did mostly front stroke with a few breaks for breast stroke when I was really tired.
