Swimming Injuries

Despite being considered a low risk of injury, swimming based sports place significant strain on the muscles.

Flexibility of the spine and stability in the shoulders is important to avoid injury and diligence on poolside to avoid slips and trips. However, bad technique, too much and repetition can lead to a range of fairly common overuse problems, in-particular, Breaststroke Knee, Butterfly Back, Front-Crawl Shoulder.    

Water Polo is a much tougher team game where player contact is frequent and often heavy. Egg Beater (similar to a Breaststroke kick) puts a lot of strain on the knees, sudden twisting of the torso can cause spinal problems and collisions when throwing the ball can lead to serious shoulder injury or dislocation. Fingers can be strained and broken.

Postural alignment is very important in injury prevention and Fulcrum Sports Therapy can help with that, including techniques such as Myofascial Release for the rib cage, improving flexibility, improving breathing, improving the heel and arch of your foot and correcting pelvic tilt. As a certified Rock Doctor, Fulcrum Sports Therapy can offer kinesio taping for extra support, for pain management and power taping for increased performance.

Preventative and remedial sports therapy, personal training programmes and training guidance is available from our specialist trainers and therapists.