EXPERT ADVICE ASK THE EXPERTS
Sometimes you just have to ask for some help… Questions to our experts can be submited by email to
experts@h2openmagazine.com or posted on our Facebook page.
WHY DOES SALT WATER MAKE ME DIZZY? Why do I feel really dizzy and wobbly aſter training in a saltwater lake? I feel relatively OK in fresh water and perfectly fine in the pool, but I’m all over the place and find it hard to walk aſter a swim in salt water. I’m preparing for my first aquathlon, which is taking place in a saltwater lake, so any tips to get over this problem would be great so I can have beter transition for the run. Tanya Myall, via Facebook
Our high-performance swimming expert Steven Munatones says… I wondered whether your dizziness aſter swimming in salt water might have a medical cause so I asked Dr James Miller, the world’s foremost medical expert on open water swimming and one of the
physicians for the USA national swimming team, what he thought. He suggested a couple of possible causes as follows: “Oceans have much more wave action than either of the other bodies of water (freshwater lake and pool) where you feel OK. A lot of people have labyrinthine problems with motion. Typically, this worsens with age but can happen at any time. A great example of aging and the labyrinthine canals is to point out that very few teenagers don’t like roller coasters compared to the over-60s. Aging changes the ability of the labyrinthine canals in the inner- ear to accommodate for motion. It would be interesting to know how you get on at a water park (fresh water but twisting and turning in water tubes) as well as on amusement park rides. My other explanation would be that the effect is a result of salt
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