Swollen Legs
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:56 am
Swollen Legs: Spent a total of about five or six hours in my boat Fri. & Sat., it's a WS Forplay with a Dagger/Perception saddle. Saddle height is the standard 6 1/2 inches plus the 1/2 inch I added, for a total of seven inches. After arriving home Sat. I noticed that both my legs were badly swollen below the knees including feet and ankles. No blue or purple blotches, just swollen.
MY knees didn't hurt, knees are fine, so I have no intention at this time of raising the saddle. This is my ninth summer of paddling the boat set up like this and I like it, a lot.
So what's the deal? Any doctors in the house? Physicians assistants? Physical therapists? Trainers? C-boaters with an opinion?
Oh, I left out one little detail, I'm 61. That's not 6' 1", that's 61, as in years, and I'm not ready to quit c-boating, so I hope I can conquer this and keep paddling. I'm planning to see and MD tomorrow, but I thought I'd first ask the people who might know more than the doctor.
Thanks in advance for any and all help on this topic. It's pretty dam discouraging and I need to get it worked out.
Thanks,
Dennis
MY knees didn't hurt, knees are fine, so I have no intention at this time of raising the saddle. This is my ninth summer of paddling the boat set up like this and I like it, a lot.
So what's the deal? Any doctors in the house? Physicians assistants? Physical therapists? Trainers? C-boaters with an opinion?
Oh, I left out one little detail, I'm 61. That's not 6' 1", that's 61, as in years, and I'm not ready to quit c-boating, so I hope I can conquer this and keep paddling. I'm planning to see and MD tomorrow, but I thought I'd first ask the people who might know more than the doctor.
Thanks in advance for any and all help on this topic. It's pretty dam discouraging and I need to get it worked out.
Thanks,
Dennis