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Do competitive swimmers get injured?

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Okay, so common sense and personal experience tells us that swimming carries an increased risk of suffering shoulder, neck/back and knee injury. read more

Injuries in competitive swimmers are actually very common. A study of NCAA swimmers found an injury rate of 4.00 injuries for 1000 hours of training for male swimmers. Female swimmers had an injury rate of 3.78 injuries for 1000 hours of training. Shoulder pain is the most frequent orthopaedic injury among swimmers. read more