Re: [Paddlewise] Pegleggin...

From: gabriel romeu <romeug_at_erols.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:10:03 -0400
Ken Schroeter wrote:

>I have seen a couple of sources recommending the use of thigh support to
>relieve sciatica symptoms of leg numbness and that damnable pegleggin'...  I
>have this same problem, but attribute it to my probable slipped disk. I think
>Seal Line makes a thigh support inflatable pillow for this.
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>At any rate, I am curious just how this works to relieve these symptoms.  Does
>it really work,
>

yup.

> and just how does it?
>

could be a placebo, not sure.  I speculate it is distributing weight 
over a larger surface- less point loads.

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