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DJR

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DeanS Veteran II

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I've been boating for 6 months.

My back aches.

My neck aches.

My hands ache.

My achilles tendons hurt.

I had to have bandages round my knees coming over the Pennines.

 

The cat, however, is fine.

 

:)

 

ETA - I'm 43 :)

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Try travelling more. Locks keep hubby fit and he is in his 70's

Sue

 

Yes, I only started getting the aches after we stopped travelling....about a week or 2 now...about to moor in a marina for the winter. It could also be due to the large number of dead trees I had to cut into workeable bits, which now adorn our roof. :)

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More active..did not realise how sedentary living aboard is and how one seizes up!!

 

sedentary? HOW?! When moored up there are always jobs to do about the place, towpaths to clear of rubbish and heaps of walks over the fields. I suppose life can be as active of sedentary as you like wherever one lives.

 

I do get stiff boating though - standing on the tiller then the activity at the locks followed by standing at the tiller seem to be a good way to seize up so I don't do epic journeys, only as long as I can manage.

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There is an obvious solution - it involves lots of pedalling . . .

I do this - cycling is great for keeping your joints in good health - I'm developing arthritis at only 41 :help: - the thought of not being able to boat anymore really upsets me.

 

So I'm doing what I can - as well as cycling, I changed my diet and lost 2 stone, go swimming once a week,do yoga and try to look after myself. Have seen some improvement. My poor dad has rheumatoid arthritis - he can't even come to stay on our boat, which is so sad.

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I do get stiff boating though - standing on the tiller

 

That's where you're going wrong - shows a good sense of balance but can be deleterious to joints, ligaments etc. Try standing in front of it instead.

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