An additional area to be aware of is muscle balance thanks for the reminder mikey 810.
Muscle balance for swimmers shoulders by mat luebers.
This can help prevent shoulder injury.
Lie face down on the mat.
Lift up the front torso keeping the legs and feet flat on the mat.
To give it a try lie face down on a mat with your arms at your sides and depending on your core strength and the flexibility of your spine lift your head neck and shoulders.
These areas frequently become tight when swimmers kick too much or lack the upper body or core strength to balance the lower body s efforts.
When swimmers have shortened tight pectoralis muscles some of the issues that may occur are poorly rounded shoulders glenohumeral joint dysfunction numerous breathing dysfunctions and even.
The gluteal and piriformis muscles span the back of the hips and the quadriceps muscles run along the thigh.
Keep your spine long with a slight extension in the upper body and your shoulders stabilized.
The idea is that in doing so these muscles provide stability.
Reynolds is also a proponent of the pilates swimmer exercise.
The pose can be repeated four to five times with a few seconds hold.
Instead of getting muscles to relax it s actually getting muscles to tighten and contract properly.
Get more extension from your core for a more powerful serve.
Strong shoulder girdle muscles can help improve shoulder stability and function enabling a swimmer to increase stroke tempo or distance with less potential for injury.
Breath steady as you hold the pose reclining your head back.
The shoulder joint tends to be unstable and needs a proper balance of strength to keep the head of the humerus arm bone centered in the glenohumeral joint socket.
This pain and its underlying cause is often associated with swimming freestyle and seems to occur most often in the swimmer s anterior shoulder region but could also occur in other shoulder regions when reported by swimmers this pain or injury is often termed swimmer s shoulder ss.
Swimming exercises for land page 02 you can make a strong argument that swimming is one of the best total body workouts.
My specialist ian used the analogy of a stable tent structure with four straight rods versus one with three good rods and a broken one.
Press both palms on the ground on either side of your head.
When you are swimming laps you are working your muscle strength and endurance flexibility of the upper and lower body your cardio respiratory system and your mental focus and endurance.
Balance agility power and strategy all come into play on the tennis court and pilates can help you improve in each area.
A stronger core naturally increases balance and many pilates exercises specifically focus on balancing in standing seated and other positions.
