Re: [Paddlewise] paddle trainer

I apologize for writing a misleading question.  My wife and I have had
fairly involved knee surgeries on all four knees (two apiece) over the last
18 months.  I've getting back into shape fairly well, but for some reason
her knees don't tolerate rehabilitation as well as mine.  What we've needed
to go to is a strict schedule of knee-work and knee-rest days and we were
speculating about the paddle trainer for the knee rest days.  X-C trainers
are great but still put too much strain for the knee-rest days.  Swimming
works fairly well but access to a pool around here is very limited.  The
cost for the paddle trainer is very high; that was the reason for the
request for help or experience.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary J. MacDonald" <garyj_at_rogers.com>
Cc: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] paddle trainer


> 1. No indication of size.  It appears to need a space about 8 x 5 feet,
maybe
> oval with those as maximums, but non-trivial overall.
>
> 2. Expensive if you aren't sure it will work.
>
> 3. This looks to be as good as other machines simulate dynamic movements,
but
> you never really know.
>
> 4. There are lots of ways to exercise with minimal knee strain (he says
from 30
> years experience).  She may wish to examine other possibilities.  The real
key
> is understanding what the individual pair of knees can and can't do.  In
nearly
> all cases, doing noting withthem willmake them worse with time.  For
example,
> X-C ski machines are quite reasonable (excellent used NordicTraks for
$2-300)
> and the motion is usually good for most knees.
>
> GaryJ
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