Thursday, 17 September 2015

Prevent Feeling Nauseous Swimming

If you experience nausea while you swim, it could hinder your workout and thus decrease the fitness benefits you could gain from this effective form of cardio. It also impedes your ability to compete according to your full potential. However, there may be simple things you can do to alleviate the condition.

Visit your local general practitioner and explain your symptoms. An underlying heart condition or abnormal blood pressure can cause nausea when you exert yourself. Have the doctor check your blood pressure and resting heart rate to rule out a preexisting medical condition.

Wear goggles that fit you. Goggles improve your vision underwater, which can prevent help motion sickness while you swim. However, their compression can lead to swimmer’s headache or supraorbital neuralgia, which can cause localized head pain and nausea. Prevent this by choosing goggles that have soft rubber with a smaller area of seal around the eyes, as suggested by John C. O'Brien, Jr, MD from the Baylor University Medical Center. Readjust the goggles on occasion to prevent pressure trauma.

Avoid sudden changes in your body position and rapid head movements. These changes can cause dizziness, which can lead to nausea in some people. Limit your swimming to styles that require minimum head movement such as the butterfly.

Rest well between swimming or exercise sessions. Swimming too frequently with a lack of rest in between sessions can lead to exercise-induced nausea. Have a snack with a source of protein before you swim to keep your blood-glucose level up while you swim.

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