A physical therapist who spoke to our Sierra Nevada Canoe & Kayak Club recently emphasized that any repeated physical activity in which the elbow is repeatedly worked in a position higher than ones shoulder, such as paddling, will lead to shoulder problems. This is probably "old hat" to most paddlewisers, but perhaps a few were not aware. The PT said that practically all of the shoulder problems he treats are caused by this kind of action; has to do with the shape of the joint. Paddler patients have told him, he said, that they have been instructed to paddle with a stroke that brings the upper hand across the eyes or forehead in order to achieve a nearly vertical stroke because that was supposed to be the most efficient manner of paddling, He concluded saying that while he couldn't speak to the issues of high angle strokes versus lower angle strokes, from personal paddling experience, he could practically guarantee that people who always paddled with a high angle stroke would be visiting him or one of his colleagues eventually. Dave *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 15 2005 - 11:08:51 PST
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