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The inner ligament of the knee, called the medial collateral ligament, is put under stress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Lower Body Injuries:<\/strong>\u00a0Breaststrokers may experience pain from inflammation of the hip tendons. Lower back disk problems or spondylolisis, a stress fracture in the vertebrae of the spine, may be caused by the dolphin kick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prevention\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katie recommends these tips to help prevent injury. In addition to stretching, there are specific things a diver can do to help ward off a repetitive injury:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand and focus on proper stroke techniques<\/li>\n<li>Lessen repetitive strokes that are causing the \u00a0overuse injury<\/li>\n<li>Perform core strengthening and cross-training exercises as part of pre and early season routines<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to warm-up and cool down after activity and use periods of rest to recover<\/li>\n<li>Focus efforts on rotator cuff and scapular strengthening for most shoulder injuries, \u00a0and pelvic and hip strengthening exercises for hip and knee injuries<\/li>\n<li>Speak with a sports medicine professional or athletic trainer if you have questions \u00a0about injuries, exercises and \u00a0prevention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many probably consider swimming a relatively safe sport, injuries can still put these athletes in hot water. \u00a0Katie Varnado, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-medicine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From head to toe, swimmers must kick the injuries and pain to get to the top | ATI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While many probably consider swimming a relatively safe sport, injuries can still put these athletes in hot water. 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