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Old January 24th 05, 01:58 AM
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My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an
expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after
skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and
skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this
happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't
know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know
where to look.

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Old January 24th 05, 04:44 PM
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i would suggest she cease skiing until she feels fine again. also look
for other reasons for her pain and exclude those.
the important thing is to keep this from progressing into something
bigger.
if she does not improve or gets worse she needs to see a doctor or
equivalent.
how soon you make that decision would depend on what else is going on
including her personal medical history which obviously no one on this
BB has access to.
so - i think the moral is - do not get medical advice from a nordic
skiing BB. call your doctor.
sorry.

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Old January 24th 05, 04:59 PM
Gene Goldenfeld
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I've always believed that a doctor or PT familiar with the sports that
are causing my injuries would be more likely to give good help than ones
who aren't familiar. That assumes you are choosing help blind and that
familiarity doesn't necessarily mean having done it. For example, I've
got bad wrist tendonitis, and the specialist I've seen here in the TC is
a helicopter-drop downhiller and the PT doesn't nordic ski, but is
mother of two college team level kids. My experience between LA and the
Twin Cities with orthopods/PTs confirms that re cross country skiing and
other sports, although it always surprises me how many people in the TC
have never x-c skied and don't know anything about it.

Gene

Rob Bradlee wrote:

A GOOD PT does not need to know about skiing to help. Mine has never
skied, but always fixes my problems. I show him the motions and he
sees what's wrong. I say keep looking for a good PT. They are hard to
find, but well worth it.

Rob Bradlee

--- wrote:

My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become
an
expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after
skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and
skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this
happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists
don't
know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know
where to look.







=====
Rob Bradlee
Java, C++, Perl, XML, OOAD, Linux, and Unix Training

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Old January 24th 05, 05:19 PM
Gene Goldenfeld
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If this were classical skiing, I'd suggest incomplete weight shift is
the problem. In skating, I haven't seen anything written. First
guesses would be tight muscles, muscle imbalance and technique problems,
but could other medical issues be involved?

GG

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My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an
expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after
skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and
skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this
happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't
know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know
where to look.

 




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