How Can Intrinsic Biomechanics Help Me With My Swimming?
Whether Swimming for Fun or Competition
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In swimming, biomechanics plays an important role in order to reduce the drag and increase the propulsion to swim faster in the water. Competitive swimming consists of four strokes and utilizes both upper and lower extremities in moving forward through the water. Shoulder and arm mechanics are similar in the freestyle, butterfly and backstroke.
Your Swimming Coach is the expert in teaching you how to reduce drag, perfect your swim stroke, improve propulsion, to glide further and swim faster, plus so much more. Swimming requires the whole body to be in symmetry.
Within the body, nerves need to be supple so that they fire messages effectively to activate muscles and the thoracic area should rotate easily. Shoulders must have excellent range of motion, the list is endless.
Dysfunction and compensation is caused by everyday stresses like driving, sitting in front of a laptop or slouching while watching tv. Even old injuries can cause a misalignment. These repetitive patterns cause disruption in the kinetic chain. For example, a tight hamstring can cause discomfort in the opposite shoulder.
Not knowing where the cause of your discomfort is, can delay your training progress. While concentrating on the symptomatic area may alleviate the muscle tension or joint mobility for a while, until the cause is addressed, the same pain, injury or discomfort will keep reoccurring.
Intrinsic Biomechanics allows us to look into the muscular, skeletal and neural systems of the body to assess where the cause of your problem is coming from.
Practicing Intrinsic Biomechanic MET exercises enhances your swimming abilities.