That approach matches mine, Perry. Crutches (anything padded/supportive) sould be used as a last resort, and then only temporarily if possible. While I've not dealt with these issues, I have found that getting the foundational things right (diet, core strength, active proprioception, etc.) allows the body to function and recover as much as possible, which often eliminates the problems faced, or at least allows the body to work around them. I call it accessing God's engineering.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, August 30, 2013 7:55:47 AM UTC-6, bobish wrote: > > Clayton, I've been there. I went to a recumbent and it cured it until I > could figure out other things (clean up diet, strengthen back, sleep with > wrist brace, take more breaks from intensive activities which caused flare > ups). Now I have a recumbent and a couple of DF bikes and after years of > being totally "'bent," I'm riding the DFs almost exclusively. I no longer > sleep with the wrist brace but I wake with numbness and pain some mornings > (nothing like before though). Pain is not gone but it's no longer > debilitating. > > Since you can't abide rough roads on the tour easy, you might consider > trying a recumbent with suspension (bike or trike). Of course, this after > you've exhausted the tweaking options on your current bike. As for the tour > easy, you can unweight over rough roads if the pedals are close enough to > the seat back (push yourself up off the seat bottom). Also pneumatic > suspension. With a disc brake in back, you'd be able to get a pretty fat > tire on there and run it low pressure. I have a 37 and it looks like > there's room for much more. > > Anyway, you're on your own personal journey and if my experience is any > indication, it's going to be along process. Good luck! > > • Perry > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
