I am paddling a Seaward Ascente. After 1 1/2 hours my lower back tires out and becomes quite sore. I am looking for ideas on how to minimize this. This might include: 1. Adjusting the back rest/seating position 2. Adding padding 3. Paddling more often 4. More stretching/exercising. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thompson Forest Management 14119 Prairie Valley Road RR #3 S41 C53 Summerland, BC. V0H 1Z0 (250) 494-1492 Fax: 494-1417 grant_at_tfm.bc.ca www.tfm.bc.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've had my Ascente for 4 or 5 years and have finally decided that the entire seating arrangement needs to be reconfigured (some folks find me patient to a fault). The seat/paddlefloat cushion is a neat idea, but doesn't really give a lot of comfort or good fit so a new minicell seat is planned (if I can find some minicell here in Juneau). I'm removing the seat back (too tall) and replacing it with a simple back band. Some custom thigh pads should round things out. I'm fairly small (5'7" and 150lbs) and the Ascente cockpit never seemed to fit quite right. Hopefully the refit will take care of some of the similar discomfort that I've experienced also. Will post results when the project is completed. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: Grant A. Thompson [mailto:gathompson_at_bc.sympatico.ca] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:06 AM > To: 'paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net' > Subject: [Paddlewise] Tired Back > > > I am paddling a Seaward Ascente. After 1 1/2 hours my lower > back tires out and becomes quite sore. I am looking for > ideas on how to minimize this. This might include: > 1. Adjusting the back rest/seating position > 2. Adding padding > 3. Paddling more often > 4. More stretching/exercising. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I had the same problem. I started doing exercises concentrating on my lower back and found they did the trick. Don't know what the exercise is called but what I did was lay on my stomache with my hands behind neck and raise my head, shoulders and chest off the floor. I did many? reps of these every day. After a couple of weeks I had no more problems. I also found getting out of the kayak and streching after the first hour helped. Good luck, a sore back takes a lot of the fun out of it! ----- Original Message ----- From: Grant A. Thompson <gathompson_at_bc.sympatico.ca> To: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 11:05 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Tired Back > I am paddling a Seaward Ascente. After 1 1/2 hours my lower back tires out and becomes quite sore. I am looking for ideas on how to minimize this. This might include: > 1. Adjusting the back rest/seating position > 2. Adding padding > 3. Paddling more often > 4. More stretching/exercising. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > grant > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thompson Forest Management > 14119 Prairie Valley Road > RR #3 S41 C53 Summerland, BC. V0H 1Z0 > (250) 494-1492 Fax: 494-1417 > grant_at_tfm.bc.ca > www.tfm.bc.ca > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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