If you have neck and back discs, avoid swimming
Aug 11, 2025
Recently, the number of people who enjoy swimming is increasing as swimming fees are included in the year-end settlement 'cultural expenses income deduction'.
In particular, in August, when the heat wave and summer vacation overlap, more and more people want to enjoy exercise in cool water.
Swimming is an aerobic exercise that burns calories due to water resistance, which puts less pressure on the spine and joints due to buoyancy. For this reason, it is known as an exercise that people with herniated disc or arthritis can enjoy relatively safely. Swimming, which uses the whole body evenly, is effective in improving cardiopulmonary endurance and balance, and consumes about 600 to 700 kcal for an hour swimming for 70kg adults, helping diet.
However, if you have a spinal disease, you should be careful about choosing the grammar. Freestyle and backstroke can develop core and muscle strength in a balanced way through water resistance because they move forward using their entire body in an extended state. Freestyle and backstroke are good strokes for the waist. In particular, in the case of lumbar disc (lumbar intervertebral disc ejaculation) or low back pain, backstroke, which moves with arms on the water's back, has the least burden on the back. On the other hand, it is better to avoid a butterfly that tilts back or a breaststroke that moves up and down with waist strength.
If you have a neck disc (cervical intervertebral disc exodus), it is desirable to choose a Young's method that allows you to move slowly while fixing your neck. Freestyle can put a strain on your neck because you have to turn your head repeatedly when breathing.
Jeong Sang-won (neurosurgeon), director of Barunseang Hospital's Spine Center, said "Swimming is a rehabilitation exercise that is good for spinal health, but if you choose a formula that does not fit the patient's condition, it can worsen your condition."Freestyle is good for patients with lumbar disc or low back pain due to low back pressure, but it is not recommended for patients with neck disc because they have to move their necks from side to side. Rather than imitating others unconditionally saying that it is a good exercise, it is important to choose the strokes and exercise that fit your physical condition and physical strength.'
In particular, in August, when the heat wave and summer vacation overlap, more and more people want to enjoy exercise in cool water.
Swimming is an aerobic exercise that burns calories due to water resistance, which puts less pressure on the spine and joints due to buoyancy. For this reason, it is known as an exercise that people with herniated disc or arthritis can enjoy relatively safely. Swimming, which uses the whole body evenly, is effective in improving cardiopulmonary endurance and balance, and consumes about 600 to 700 kcal for an hour swimming for 70kg adults, helping diet.
However, if you have a spinal disease, you should be careful about choosing the grammar. Freestyle and backstroke can develop core and muscle strength in a balanced way through water resistance because they move forward using their entire body in an extended state. Freestyle and backstroke are good strokes for the waist. In particular, in the case of lumbar disc (lumbar intervertebral disc ejaculation) or low back pain, backstroke, which moves with arms on the water's back, has the least burden on the back. On the other hand, it is better to avoid a butterfly that tilts back or a breaststroke that moves up and down with waist strength.
If you have a neck disc (cervical intervertebral disc exodus), it is desirable to choose a Young's method that allows you to move slowly while fixing your neck. Freestyle can put a strain on your neck because you have to turn your head repeatedly when breathing.
Jeong Sang-won (neurosurgeon), director of Barunseang Hospital's Spine Center, said "Swimming is a rehabilitation exercise that is good for spinal health, but if you choose a formula that does not fit the patient's condition, it can worsen your condition."Freestyle is good for patients with lumbar disc or low back pain due to low back pressure, but it is not recommended for patients with neck disc because they have to move their necks from side to side. Rather than imitating others unconditionally saying that it is a good exercise, it is important to choose the strokes and exercise that fit your physical condition and physical strength.'
|
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
