I had rotator cuff problems about a year and a half back. I went to PT, but it just aggravated the problem. I ended up having the arthroscopic surgery (as opposed to the ^Sopen^T surgery). Best choice I ever made. My shoulder feels great now. Did loose a very small percentage of extension/rotation, but even that is returning. Good Luck! Mitch Indianapolis, Indiana Stay Low, Keep Moving^E^E. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] it would be helpful to hear preventative and corrective exercises. i have some pain in my right shoulder and go once a month to a rolfer which helps. i am also learning to do my greenland rolls using better boat rotation so that i am not muscling them. thanks, david miskell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Volin" <jvolin_at_optonline.net> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome; Scapular problems > I'll bet a good percentage of the PWers have or have had (scratch that > last - it doesn't go away) rotator cuff problems. > Your therapist will teach you some exercises. Then it's your > job to do them FOREVER. 'Cause when you don't you pay. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Thanks Joan. You bring up an important point: "how long you've pretended it wasn't there." Now that I think about it, I was pretending it wasn't there from about May through September. Curiously, this seems to coincide with my purchase of a lovely and lightweight Lendal Kinetik-S paddle. Until this paddle, I was using a narrower bladed (no feathers, ever) kayakstore T2 paddle and/or my Greenland paddle. The Kinetik is a much larger blade. I was extremely pleased with this paddle -- felt it gave me a lot more power, and that I was able to paddle faster with the same amount of effort. Because of past experiences and injuries, I am always quite conscious of the need to use torso rotation and to maintain very good posture in the kayak. And I consciously work on these things every time I paddle. Following up on other points, I'm pretty sure my elbow is *never* higher than my shoulder, as I tend to use fairly low angle approach. Even at a high angle, I always watch elbows and shoulders and torso orientation. This leaves me wondering if the change to the bigger blade has been in part responsible for these problems. On the other hand, I've had long-term postural problems, rib problems, etc., as well as falling off a motorcycle (at rest) on the affected side, which might argue against this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Volin" <jvolin_at_optonline.net> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome; Scapular problems > I'll bet a good percentage of the PWers have or have had (scratch that > last - it doesn't go away) rotator cuff problems. > Your therapist will teach you some exercises. > Then it's your job to do them FOREVER. 'Cause when you don't you pay. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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