sciatic nerve pressure probably. Exactly the same thing happened to me and this was the amateur diagnosis. I worked on the 2 outfitting solutions below which alleviated the problem. might try extending the support of your seat under your thighs. could do this with closed cell foam, heard of others using a paddlefloat. this made a major effect for me. make sure that the foot braces are the correct distance- hard for me to determine this for you, it's a mix of good tight support and personal preference. I tend to jam myself in. flexibility is always good, stretch before going out and after coming back. YOu guys make sky, lakes or boats? skylakeboatworks_at_yahoo.com wrote: > > I have now been out for my second paddle. I am finding that my left leg > goes numb. That is not quite the right word....it is not a prickly/pins and > needles kind of feeling, more like I really want to move it and the muscles > are sore. It is bad when I am in the boat, but when I go to get out, it > doesn't obey me and I end up flat on the ground. It is like the muscles > are all turned to rubber. It takes a while for it to come back into proper > use, 10-20 mins. or so. Any ideas what causes this? Am I just not used to > this kind of position and need to stretch my way into this kind of sitting > position...as in, do something to increase my flexibility so that I can > tolerate this kind of sitting position. > > Marvin -- ¤ Gabriel L Romeu ¤ http://studiofurniture.com + /diary or + /paint *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 07:20:02 PDT
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