By Dr. G. John Mullen, DPT, CSCS<\/i><\/p>\n
Many\u00a0swimmers experience triceps soreness as they return to training. Soreness is an appropriate response to a new training stimuli, suggesting muscle breakdown. Unfortunately, soreness can greatly impair training and stroke biomechanics, increasing one’s risk of injury.<\/p>\n
Self myofascial releases (SMR, see Mobility for Swimmers<\/a> for more SMR techniques) can reduce soreness and early research suggests SMR doesn’t impair force production like static stretching (MacDonald 2012). See past\u00a0Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>articles for more information on SMR:<\/p>\n For beginners, take a baseball or tennis ball and place it against a wall. Next, lean your triceps into the wall while facing away from the wall. You may want to stabilize the ball with your hand, to avoid the ball from popping out.<\/p>\n If this method isn’t effective, consider setting up a heavy bar on a rack, approximately chest height. Next, place your triceps on top of the bar and roll your arm slowly over the bar.<\/p>\n\n
Improve Triceps Soreness with the Triceps SMR<\/h3>\n