Re: [Paddlewise] Between the blades?!

No, but this guy is "inhuman":

http://www.gawkk.com/raw-kayak-daredevil-world-record-waterfall-drop/discuss

Possibly sore between the blades too - like his whole body between the 
paddle blades...

DL


> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The last few times I have been out kayaking, I've noticed that I am
>> experiencing the most muscle fatigue between the shoulder blades.  This
>> seems like an odd place to experience fatigue.  If one is "arm paddling" 
>> the
>> arms should feel it.  If one is paddling using the lower back, its the 
>> back
>> muscles that should feel it.
>>
>> When I go out I push myself physically.  I'm out to cover the distance in
>> an efficient manner.  I worked on sprints today.  Some muscle fatigue is 
>> to
>> be expected.  But why in this body location?  Is this reflective of an 
>> error
>> in technique?
>>
>>
> It just occurred to me that angina (which results when the heart muscle 
> not
> getting quite anough blood to work properly)  can display different 
> symptoms
> in different tpeople. I am not a medical doctor (or, actually, any sort of
> doctor) but I can't see why that should stop me from pretending to be an
> expert given that I have, personally, experienced angina that was nothing
> like "normal". Generally angina is  associated  with a pain or tingling in
> the left arm but this is not always the case and one of the *other* 
> symptoms
> is a pain or discomfort between the shoulder blades. In my case there was 
> no
> pain at all but merely an extreme shortness of breath; nothing that a few
> stents couldn't put right. It was only *after* the first stent that an
> actual doctor mentioned that they could suddenly collapse. But nothing to
> worry about, really..... (cough). Or at least nothing *he* needed to worry
> about. Well fifteen years later the joke's on him!!1  But I digress...
>
> So, not to be alarmist or anything, one might consider a checkup when one 
> is
> experiencing physical symptoms which seem odd for the effort expended. 
> Even
> if we are on Paddlewise we are, after all, human. All except Doug Lloyd , 
> of
> course. :)
>
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
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