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Hope you recover well! Just concerning the breast stroke: I started to go swimming half a year ago and for lack of technique I did breast stroke instead of fre

Hope you recover well! Just concerning the breast stroke: I started to go swimming half a year ago and for lack of technique I did breast stroke instead of freestyle. After a couple months of 30min of swimming every day, I suddenly got terrible back pain during swimming (due the the backwards bent spine I guess). I started to learn freestyle and did not encounter the problems again. Just yesterday I did some breast stroke and I almost instantly got the pain again. Did you ever encounter this kind of back pain, or is it only my physiology?

meheleventyone 5y ago
I’d say you’re almost certainly not swimming the stroke correctly. You can definitely get into the habit of overarching your back and neck to get your head out of the water. I’d get someone who knows what they’re doing to check your stroke. Switching up stroke is generally a good idea though.
mrfusion 5y ago
Breast stroke gave me really bad lower back pain. I surprised to hear that’s a common thing. I thought it was just me.