As my life approaches closer to the last horizon, I find myself dipping now and then into the aspirin bottle, with pretty good and reliable results. I cannot now imagine an overnight excursion by land or sea without bringing my precious aspirin tablets. Brad Crain On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/17/2012 10:25 AM, Jim wrote: > > > >> But 45 years of hard paddling has caught up and left > >> me in the dust. But still paddling . . . > >> > > > As I gallop towards 70 years of age I have found the biggest factor for me > is arthritis. No amount of exercise alleviates the pain... and it seems to > be almost random in when the pain strikes... but not where. And one of the > spots for me is in the hands... especially the thumb. I never noticed how > big a role the thumb joint plays in paddling 'til arthritis kicked in. > > Except for this... my paddling is mostly pain-free. Arthritis pain is > controllable to some extent with meds but nothing seems to stop it entirely > when it strikes. > > However using a GP seems to be easier than using my Euro Paddles. I find > that having the shoulders of the paddle help, too. > > Craig *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 20 2012 - 06:12:45 PST
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