Anyone else get backache doing OW swimming - Triathlon

purpletrilady pirate

pirate

01/07/2010 at 19:36

I've just done a 4k OW swim and during the last lap my back really started to ache.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I'm guessing its either my sighting doing it or something with my wetsuit?

Any advice gratfully received

M...eldy

pirate

01/07/2010 at 19:38

You will have a much flatter profile in the water with a wetsuit than in a pool without, so yes I suspect it is quite common

I am used to feeling like a cripple!!

M.ister W

01/07/2010 at 20:05

Yes, my back aches a bit. As Meldy says, it's because your wetsuit makes you buoyant so your position in the water is different. Your legs are probably higher which makes your back curve more.

I'm not sure what you can do about it though. Try a wetsuit with thinner legs (so less buoyant)? Swim in OW more so your back gets stronger? Improve your body position in the pool so you don't have such a difference when you get in OW?

fat buddha

01/07/2010 at 20:23

Core stability - it will improve the more you do

purpletrilady pirate

pirate

01/07/2010 at 20:32

so a new expensive wet suit won't help

Holly_Golightly pirate

pirate

01/07/2010 at 20:59

The wetsuit definitely exaggerates your bouyancy and for me it curves my back so two lower vertebrae rub a bit. I ended up in physio pre-Swissland but manage it myself now with quite a lot of stretching.

M...eldy

pirate

01/07/2010 at 21:02

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease Holly

seren nos

pirate

01/07/2010 at 21:03

he only time I had bachache was in my Ironman swim...............and that was probably becasue I had never swam that far before and only swam 2k in the wetsuit a couple of times...........

I found that putting the wet sponges during the run on my lower back really helped.

Holly_Golightly pirate

pirate

01/07/2010 at 21:07

Oh God. Are you stalking me, Wench?

(notice I gave you a capital 'W' to emphasise your name?) ;-D

M...eldy

pirate

01/07/2010 at 21:08

I luuuurrve you

SwimsLikeAWalrus

04/07/2010 at 13:13

My first wetsuit gave me significant backache due to being too buoyant in the legs. Replaced it with a make know for less buoyant legs and the problem was solved. Perfect!

kittenkat

pirate

04/07/2010 at 17:43

fat buddha wrote (see)

Core stability - it will improve the more you do

He beat me to it!

NorsemanDave

04/07/2010 at 23:52

Not had a problem OW but swam in the pool today for first time in 2 years and had chronic back ache

Donald

pirate

05/07/2010 at 00:59

Yes, when I started I got quite bad backache after a while, but as others have suggested the more wetsuit swimming I've done the better it's got. Now I'm OK.

purpletrilady pirate

pirate

05/07/2010 at 07:26

Thx for the feedback. I'm hoping it will get better the more I do

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