What are the precautions when swimming?

Swimming is a sport that everyone likes very much. The effect of exercise is also very good. In normal times, everyone should pay more attention to it, because there are many precautions in swimming. If you are not careful, it will easily cause various harms to the human body. However, many friends are not very clear about it, so now let the editor give you a detailed introduction.

1. Food preparation is essential:

Before swimming, you should first increase your calories so that you can adapt to the stimulation caused by the low water temperature when swimming.

Before swimming, you can eat some eggs, meat, foods high in protein, and some sweets. Secondly, you should supplement some foods high in sodium, calcium and phosphorus. In addition, swimming time should not be too long, and avoid swimming when you are tired or hungry.

2. Preparatory activities should be sufficient:

Before swimming, take a cold shower, or pat your limbs and entire body with cold water, and massage your legs and areas prone to cramps appropriately. If you can adapt to cold water baths on a regular basis, you can improve your body's ability to adapt to cold water stimulation, and will effectively avoid leg cramps when swimming.

3. Don’t panic if cramps occur:

If you experience calf cramps while swimming, you must stay calm and clear-headed, and don't panic. The more panicked you are, the more likely you are to choke on water, and the symptoms of calf cramps will worsen.

When leg cramps occur, the first thing you should do is take a deep breath, submerge your head in the water, try to keep your back out of the water, grab your toes with both hands, and pull them towards you, while stretching your legs hard. After repeating this several times, the muscles will slowly relax and return to their original state. After getting ashore, quickly wipe off the water droplets on your body and warm up your body quickly. If there is still pain in your legs, you can massage them appropriately until they are fully relieved.

After listening to the above introduction by the editor, are you friends very clear? There are many reasons that lead to this situation. Especially when you have cramps, you must not be nervous. At the same time, you should pay more attention to it in normal times. When swimming, you must prepare for exercise in advance to prevent cramps.