I frog kick about 99% of the time in all my diving. The remaining 1% is a shuffle kick in very low passage.
I find frog kicking very comfortable and have never had any pain or injury from it, even though I'm 51, too fat, and have old ski patrolman's knees. On the other hand, I find flutter kicking awkward, tiring, and it makes my knees and my quads ache.
Mike
I fractured my pelvis this summer from a bike crash. It hurts where my leg attaches to my body (groin area) after frog kicking for a while. I don't know if the pre-existing injury counts.
Thank, it'll be noted.Originally Posted by Squirrel Girl
I"m not doing a huge research project on it, i just need to name a few common injuries. Plus I was curious.
I have 9 screws and a plate in my right ankle from breaking it in high school... I get very throbbing ache in the ankle while frog kicking in cold water... not any issues in NFL caves since the water is warmer. I also broke my other leg when I was younger... same type of "arthritic" pains, if you can call it that, but only attributed to the frog kick motion in cold water... I usually result to a modified flutter in those situations.
My knee hurts sometimes, its infrequent and inconsistant???
Sore muscles after very long swims or many days of diving.
frog kick injury
??Are we talking about injuries caused by frog kicking or injuries that prevent someone from doing a proper frog kick???Bursitis in the hips. My ortho says it's brought on and aggravated by my frog kicking and why can't I just do a flutter??? Um....no Doc, it doesn't work that way.
My frog kick's kind of weird and befuggered. Some people laugh at it or have asked me about it, although I don't [usually] silt. "Correctly" frog kicking and turning the soles of my feet together produces groin pain on the affected side. Consequently I look like a spastic choo-choo train!
The original injury?? Trauma to the right hip and (according to at least one orthopod), aseptic necrosis of that hip, gotten by sking. Swimming laps helped that injury (I was on crutches for > 1 year).
Of course, swimming laps can cause other injuries (shoulder pain with the overhand stroke). Anything repetitive can produce repetitive stress injury, so if we're gonna use that argument, we might as well all stay in bed.
Then there is always time passing and wear and tear on the joints, otherwise known as normal aging.
But what's the alternative?? We need to keep moving or we'll die!
Barbara
Slapped? You must not be doing it right.Yes it is wrong - I was only trying to be friendly...
Mike
As far as frog kicking, I've experienced calf and hamstring cramps, exacerbated by cold.
Dang! That sucks! I was only on crutches for 3-1/2 weeks. I just went back to the orthopedist because it was still hurting 4 months later (intermittantly). He said, "That's normal. It will hurt for a year or two when it rains or it gets cold. Only a few people will have pain for the rest of their lives."
Fortunately, he said I can keep on doing the activities and it won't make me worse. It'll just hurt.
MCL is pretty strong,but I do know of couple people who had pain which was in the pes anserinus region,which is probably a bursitis of this region,which could mimic MCL issues. I think one of the genius behind the frog kick is it mimics PNF type diagonals which utilize stronger muscle groups,so each ending point prepares you for the next cycle. Other injuries...tight IT band could cause lateral leg pain...anterior tibialis tendonitis (shin spints)
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