Anne Burton wrote: >Anyone had rotator cuff impingement syndrome problems? >Followup activities to insure being able to paddle? I have had surgery on my right shoulder twice now and the left one isn't much better. Anne, I can tell you from personal experience that if I paddle "inefficiently", with low arms and low elbows, that I can paddle several kilometres without too much pain, most days. The minute that I bring my arms up and paddle "efficiently" as described below, I will last maybe 100 metres and will hurt big time for the next three to four days. I don't go as fast anymore and can't get a good CV workout paddling this way, but at least I can still paddle a two or three times a week. I would also like to second the need to do the PT exercises regularly and not drop them as soon as the pain starts to lessen. Jolie is right that this can take a long time, but it can usually be fixed with PT, without surgery. John Dave Bishop wrote: ...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 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 - 14:07:22 PST
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