If you have been reading my blog from the start you would know that I am in love with swimming....if I could be a mythological creature I would be a.....
mermaid....
Well, it has been a bit of a struggle for me to swim this year...actually every summer I deal with some pain from an old injury that took place back in 1981 when we built this...
Yes! that is he and me...there is a bigger story here...I will tell that at another time. Today's tip has to do with swimming. During the building of this cabin I lifted too many roofing shingles and hauled them up the "cliff" we lived on...the land had no flat areas...this was the best spot to build...we paid $4,500 for 10 acres of slope back then. Anyways, on one of my shingle lifting trips I picked up a few too many and my left shoulder went ###YIKES!!! It has never been the same. I have seen all manner of doctors and healthcare practitioners...but no one could do anything to "cure" it.
So I have learned to do things in a way that keeps the 'old log cabin building injury' from flaring up. Swim stroke have been a constant bummer...until....
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| This photo gives you more of a feeling for the slope and height! |
...I found flippers! Recently I was bemoaning the fact that my shoulder caused me trouble while at the beach with a friend. She suggested flippers! They have changed my swimming loving life!!! I don't use my arms at all and with the mask and snorkel it is even more meditative. I do have a stronger right leg so my laps may have a bit of an arc to them...but who cares, there is no one to bump into...except occasionally a turtle...I am having so much fun! No Pain and Gain! I highly recommend flippers as a swimming fitness tool for the shoulder impaired!
I think it is time for a swim now! Not sure if I should confess to this...but I am a skinny dipper...quite a look~~~mask, fins, & snorkel~~~only! Hey, what's the point of a private pond if you have to wear a suit!?
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