Has anyone ever used or designed a sideways monofin that anyone knows of?
Getting over a distal fracture and sprain
so I started thinking
because my ankle seems to disagree with certain repetative movements
Of course a sideways setup would require a sidebending undulation. To me this seems it would have the advantage of not using the 'hinge' type joints like the dolphin type kick. Hinge joints are great for range of motion, but that requires a whole host of stabilizing muscles in order to limit and refine motion. Perhaps a sidebending motion would better utilize the elastic quality of conective tissue? Also perhaps less water resistance in the stroke as the body is generaly wider than it is thick.
Or maybe i just need to suck it up and break it back in! I can almost stand up on my toes again but it makes me want to kill something.
If I'm all wrong and misguided, please be gentle.
