Swimmer Health

The health & wellbeing of our swimmers

Swimmers sustain injuries, like any other athlete. Prevention, recognition, timely response, treatment and recovery are all steps in the process to maintaining good health and well-being.

Swim Ontario and Swim Canada are dedicated to maintaining a safe and healthy environement for all athletes. Please review links attached for further information;

Sport Safety

https://www.swimontario.com/sport-safety

Concussions Management

Surprisingly, concussions are more common in swimming than one might think from a non-contact sport.  Concussions, however, can and do occur quite regularly. During mass warm-ups, swimmers are packed into lanes and occasionally collide with one another. Backstroke swimmers occasionally miscalculate the distance from the flags to the wall and collide with the wall. These are but a few examples that you may not consider. Slips, trips and falls are common and easily recognised as a mechanism of injury.

Click the links to get up to date information on signs and symptoms of concussions, how to support your swimmer along with Rowan's Law;

https://www.swimming.ca/en/safe-sport/education/mental-and-physical-health/concussion-management/

https://www.swimontario.com/sport-safety/concussion-safety