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Asthma is affecting my swimming

Posted By: terri
Date: Thursday, February 16 2006, at 7:25 a.m.

In Response To: Athsma (Dave)

I am 14 years old and a sufferer of asthma. I was diagnosed with it last March but recently it has got worse. I am a competetive swimmer and i swim 10 times a week. I also have competition about every other week but i have a problem. When i get ready to race i take my asthma pump about two minutes before and then i warm up. It is only really on the first two lengths of the race that i find it difficult to breathe and my arms become numb. It is mainly on my backstroke but sometimes on my other strokes, that it becomes bad but wen i get past the first two i find it difficult to breathe and to keep going but i push myself till the finish though i end up very dizzy. It is affecting my times and it is becoming quite depressing as i am not up to the same standard as i used to be. I need advice to help me with my problem as i dont want to give up swimming because of my asthma as swimming means the world to me! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Messages In This Thread

Athsma
Dave -- Friday, August 26 2005, at 11:20 a.m.

Re: Athsma
Brandon -- Sunday, October 30 2005, at 1:17 p.m.

Exercise Induced Athsma
Dave -- Monday, October 31 2005, at 10:15 a.m.

Re: Athsma
liz -- Saturday, April 22 2006, at 12:18 p.m.

Asthma is affecting my swimming
terri -- Thursday, February 16 2006, at 7:25 a.m.

Re: Asthma is affecting my swimming
liz -- Saturday, April 22 2006, at 12:21 p.m.

Re: Athsma
Javier -- Tuesday, February 21 2006, at 9:04 p.m.

Re: Athsma (DNO)
preston paraha -- Monday, April 10 2006, at 7:12 p.m.

Re: Athsma
ian -- Thursday, April 20 2006, at 11:19 a.m.

Re: Athsma
liz -- Saturday, April 22 2006, at 12:23 p.m.

my earatents
liz -- Saturday, April 22 2006, at 12:16 p.m.

Re: Athsma
liz -- Saturday, April 22 2006, at 12:32 p.m.

Re: Athsma
liz -- Monday, April 24 2006, at 8:56 p.m.

Re: Athsma
Jodie -- Tuesday, May 2 2006, at 5:23 a.m.

 

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Message: > I am 14 years old and a sufferer of asthma. I was > diagnosed with it last March but recently it has got > worse. I am a competetive swimmer and i swim 10 times > a week. I also have competition about every other week > but i have a problem. When i get ready to race i take > my asthma pump about two minutes before and then i > warm up. It is only really on the first two lengths of > the race that i find it difficult to breathe and my > arms become numb. It is mainly on my backstroke but > sometimes on my other strokes, that it becomes bad but > wen i get past the first two i find it difficult to > breathe and to keep going but i push myself till the > finish though i end up very dizzy. It is affecting my > times and it is becoming quite depressing as i am not > up to the same standard as i used to be. I need advice > to help me with my problem as i dont want to give up > swimming because of my asthma as swimming means the > world to me! PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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