I paddle a Ocean Trident Ultra 4.3 and I’ve played around with setting the foot pegs where my legs are more bent and still my sciatica and lower back are a mess. So much so when i was putting up Xmas decorations this weekend I had to take frequent breaks just to sit down. I’ve been to the doctor who has asked me what kind of exercise I do and i tell her i paddle 10 miles a week kayak fishing and she says naively that paddling is all upper body and not lower back and core (complete BS). She says paddling shouldn’t effect my core so there should be no reason to stop.
I also have a 2 year old that may look exactly like my wife, but she has my size. She’s 100% in height, weight and head size. She’s the size of an average 4 year old. However, she can only do the things that a 2 year old can do, so my wife and I have to put her in and out of her car seat, change her, lift her onto the toilet, pick her up all the time, etc. My wife also has debilitating lower back pain. I’m perplexed. Any other paddlers in their 40s that can’t stand in one spot for more than 5 minutes without feeling excruciating pain from your lower back all the way through your groin and down the front of your legs? Is it the baby or the paddling?
I’m done with doctors that sit in DC offices and have never fished a day in their life much less trolled 5 miles on a trip on the Bay looking for a school of stripers. I’d rather hear advice from people that actually understand that paddling in the bay is a physical sport that uses a ton of muscle groups, especially core. I can remember my first time paddling back to the western shore with a strong western wind and by the time i made it back (500 yards in about 45 minutes) I knew right then that I was going to have to use something other than my abs and my core to get out of bed for the next week. It took two weeks for it to be comfortable.
Please! Advice if you have it. I’m not going to stop fishing, so what do I do? My hippy friends keep telling me to do yoga!
I also have a 2 year old that may look exactly like my wife, but she has my size. She’s 100% in height, weight and head size. She’s the size of an average 4 year old. However, she can only do the things that a 2 year old can do, so my wife and I have to put her in and out of her car seat, change her, lift her onto the toilet, pick her up all the time, etc. My wife also has debilitating lower back pain. I’m perplexed. Any other paddlers in their 40s that can’t stand in one spot for more than 5 minutes without feeling excruciating pain from your lower back all the way through your groin and down the front of your legs? Is it the baby or the paddling?
I’m done with doctors that sit in DC offices and have never fished a day in their life much less trolled 5 miles on a trip on the Bay looking for a school of stripers. I’d rather hear advice from people that actually understand that paddling in the bay is a physical sport that uses a ton of muscle groups, especially core. I can remember my first time paddling back to the western shore with a strong western wind and by the time i made it back (500 yards in about 45 minutes) I knew right then that I was going to have to use something other than my abs and my core to get out of bed for the next week. It took two weeks for it to be comfortable.
Please! Advice if you have it. I’m not going to stop fishing, so what do I do? My hippy friends keep telling me to do yoga!
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