Sore Wrists

msims · Post by **msims** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:59 pm

Hey,

Was listening to a fellow cboater whine about sore wrists. I told him maybe it was his paddle, wrong length, etc... thought for sure he was doing SOMETHING wrong...

But it seems that the Gods of C-boating pain sought retribution for my less than humble approach - and my wrists started to really hurt after this weekend's outing... I was paddling for about 5 hours, and my wrists are killing me... esp when I position them similar to holding a blade - my t-grip hand especially.

Any ideas?
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jscottl67 · Post by **jscottl67** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:18 pm

A lot of views, but no responses

Guess we are all fearful of the gods of c-boating pain.

Some hideous left knee pain is forcing me to modify outfitting, and I'm even contemplating raising the pedestal 3/4" to make it more tolerable.

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:35 pm

Perhaps some post-paddling wrist excercise with those specially crafted 12 oz. chilled weights might be helpful? Be careful not to overdo this excercise, but in moderation there can be noticible pain relief!

John Coraor · Post by **John Coraor** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:30 pm

Although overtraining is possible and should be avoided, sometimes moderately frequent training will help to avoid pain that comes from more infrequent, but intensive use (i.e. light paddling a few times during the week can avoid "weekend warrior" aches & pains). Once your wrist recovers a bit, you might want to see if a regular schedule of light training helps. Those 12 oz. chilled weights sound like a good place to start!!

jscottl67: Moderately frequent training can work for the knee pain as well (although using those chilled weights might be more of a challenge!). My knee and ankle pain lessens and gets more bearable the more frequently that I paddle. I've also found that regularly getting into a low kneel for a minute or two at non-paddling workouts during the week also helps to "acclimitize" my knees.

John

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:25 pm

Ibuprofen and reduced paddling.

msims · Post by **msims** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:15 am

I was beginning to wonder how sore elbows got 14 responses, and sore wrists only get 4 posts...what, is sore wrist not manly enough!? (or womanly if you're a woman ) ...

Vitamin I will likely be my choice...seeing as I don't drink. and if I did im sure it wouldnt be as effective as having to chug back 3 yankee beers to one canuck beer!

Uh oh, I sense longboatin' coming to give us all a scolding for not paddling, and too much posting...

truth be told, i aint cutting into my paddling time, im cutting into my WORK time

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bushpaddler · Post by **bushpaddler** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:18 am

I'm using a salve called Traumeel which is homeopathic, cheap and, as far as I know, available on your side of the pool, too.
Used one week min. twice a day eliminates my problem, maybe yours too.

Florian

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:12 pm

i use it too. it is amazing stuff!

msims · Post by **msims** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:10 pm

Here's the URL that Florian sent me for the URL...

Thanks Guys!

http://www.traumeel.com/worldwide/?cont=7&coun=31
http://www.traumeel.com/products/
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