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I've been a whitewater kayaker for ~15 years and I'm usually out
every weekend. I've always used a feathered paddle without any problem. My current feather paddle is 60 degrees. I could never get use to a non-feathered paddle. Since I'm getting older and there's little river water, I decided to get a sea kayak with a Werner Camano 60 degree feathered paddle. Over the past three weekends, I've gone out paddling for 90 to 180 minutes. I usually go non-stop because I like to get into a cadence. After the second weekend, I began to feel some soreness in my right (control) wrist. After the third weekend, the pain became a bit more noticeable. The pain is in the inside of the right wrist where the pulse is felt. Before I do some damage, I need to know the following: (1) Is the location of the pain something that I should be concerned about or will it work itself out? (2) Am I paddling wrong? I use a high angle paddle stroke that is common in whitewater kayaking, but I notice that a lot of sea kayakers use a low angle paddle. The low angle paddle doesn't seem very efficient, but is it the answer to my wrist pain? (3) For those who recommend that I go to a non-feathered paddle, it might be hard since it'll really screw up my whitewater paddling. I thought about perhaps trying a 45 degree paddle, but I've only been able to find sea kayak paddles that are either 0 degrees or 60 degrees. Anyone have experience with a crankshaft sea kayak paddle who had similar wrist pain? Responses to one or all of my questions would be appreciated. |
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