Comments on: Kayaking Back Pain and Leg Numbness (Part 2) http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/ W kayak fishing and paddling. Info, videos, stories and articles for W kayak fishermen and paddlers. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-242 admin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:51:13 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-242 It's not a real problem for Wavewalk: Nowadays everybody has access to information through the Internet, and consequently paddling magazines lost their clout. Yoav It’s not a real problem for Wavewalk: Nowadays everybody has access to information through the Internet, and consequently paddling magazines lost their clout.

Yoav

]]> By: Mike H http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-241 Mike H Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:41:58 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-241 Too bad they don't pay enough attention to important issues and new developments. Mike H. Too bad they don’t pay enough attention to important issues and new developments.
Mike H.

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-240 admin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:47:07 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-240 Wavelength Magazine sent a kayaker-reporter to us and published a full story and kayak review. Paddler Magazine took the W kayak for an extensive series of tests and had a very favorable article ready for print but eventually they published just a small part of it. Other kayaking magazines have shown no interest in our W kayak as a new paddle craft. Generally speaking, fishing publications have shown a higher degree of interest. You can read the reviews here: http://www.wavewalk.com/Fishing_Kayak_Reviews.html Yoav Wavelength Magazine sent a kayaker-reporter to us and published a full story and kayak review.
Paddler Magazine took the W kayak for an extensive series of tests and had a very favorable article ready for print but eventually they published just a small part of it.
Other kayaking magazines have shown no interest in our W kayak as a new paddle craft.
Generally speaking, fishing publications have shown a higher degree of interest.

You can read the reviews here:
http://www.wavewalk.com/Fishing_Kayak_Reviews.html

Yoav

]]> By: J. K. Huysmans http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-239 J. K. Huysmans Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:34:32 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-239 Haven't they published anything about your new boat? I find it hard to believe... ---Jack Haven’t they published anything about your new boat? I find it hard to believe… —Jack

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-236 admin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:23:11 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-236 I think that's a kind of question you should ask the editors of those magazines :-) Yoav I think that’s a kind of question you should ask the editors of those magazines
:-)
Yoav

]]> By: J. K. Huysmans http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-235 J. K. Huysmans Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:53:57 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-235 This information is important for many kayakers. Why don't you publish an article on this subject in one of the paddling magazines? --Huysmans This information is important for many kayakers. Why don’t you publish an article on this subject in one of the paddling magazines?
–Huysmans

]]> By: Fish wiz http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-230 Fish wiz Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:24:42 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-230 Tell me about it... I hear some doctors tell patients with back problems to stop kayaking! Tell me about it… I hear some doctors tell patients with back problems to stop kayaking!

]]> By: Mike H http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-154 Mike H Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:52:59 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-154 True but it's always better to be young lightweight and in good shape when it comes to paddling. Mike True but it’s always better to be young lightweight and in good shape when it comes to paddling.
Mike

]]> By: April Leder http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-153 April Leder Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:50:40 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-153 For most of us, it seems. The good news is that the W is much more tolerant to those things than the old kayaks are. April For most of us, it seems. The good news is that the W is much more tolerant to those things than the old kayaks are.
April

]]> By: Mike H. http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-151 Mike H. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:35:18 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-151 Too late for me Too late for me

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-150 admin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:21:07 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-150 A high back rest would intervene with your paddling and fishing movements. The options are very limited. Native kayakers didn't use backrests at all in their kayaks. They were smaller, lighter and in much better physical shape than most of us are today. Similarly, if you're young, lightweight and in top shape you can paddle your sit-in kayak in the L position with neither backrest nor footrests. Some kayakers do that but it's rare to see one because those who could are basically the same paddlers who have less back problems to begin with. A high back rest would intervene with your paddling and fishing movements. The options are very limited.
Native kayakers didn’t use backrests at all in their kayaks. They were smaller, lighter and in much better physical shape than most of us are today.
Similarly, if you’re young, lightweight and in top shape you can paddle your sit-in kayak in the L position with neither backrest nor footrests. Some kayakers do that but it’s rare to see one because those who could are basically the same paddlers who have less back problems to begin with.

]]> By: Pete http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-149 Pete Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:09:01 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-149 How about a higher back rest? How about a higher back rest?

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-148 admin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:06:46 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-148 Young age, light weight and strong abdominal muscles can all work to diminish the unwanted effect of the L position. Young age, light weight and strong abdominal muscles can all work to diminish the unwanted effect of the L position.

]]> By: Quebec Seakayaker http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-147 Quebec Seakayaker Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:03:28 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-147 Some people don't seem to be affected by these problems. What's their secret? Some people don’t seem to be affected by these problems. What’s their secret?

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-146 admin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:28:13 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-146 Cushioning can protect your soft tissues from uneven, localized pressure. However, when push comes to shove it's your skeleton that has to sustain your body in this position, and it's the bones and cartilage in your lower back that bear the pressure, with the lower part of your spine placed in a difficult position at the intersection between two powerful vectors (forces) that it's not naturally fit to withstand for long periods of time. Cushioning can protect your soft tissues from uneven, localized pressure. However, when push comes to shove it’s your skeleton that has to sustain your body in this position, and it’s the bones and cartilage in your lower back that bear the pressure, with the lower part of your spine placed in a difficult position at the intersection between two powerful vectors (forces) that it’s not naturally fit to withstand for long periods of time.

]]> By: pete http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-143 pete Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:31:01 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/11/kayaking-back-pain-and-leg-numbness-part-2/#comment-143 Ouch! Impressive graphics. Why is it that cushioning the seat doesn't seem to help really? Pete Ouch! Impressive graphics. Why is it that cushioning the seat doesn’t seem to help really?
Pete

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