Can anyone recommend a good one? After my last time out I must of hit a wave a little to hard because my left lower back hurt for a week. It really never bothered me until the next day. So I'm curious as to who wears one and what brand you recommend. A friend of mine wears a weight lifters belt when he fishes and swears by it. I looked at some online at Dicks and they range from $30.00-180.00 Thanks
I have a built-in one in my Guidewear (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0043378922935a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=guidewear+back&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=guidewear+back&noImage=0) I use for long runs and have worn it when I'm out in my rain gear all day. It's detachable, but I rarely have. It helps quite a bit.
I wrote a short article a while back about fishing and lower back pain. It may not fit all of your circumstances, but I rarely have back pain from a day on the water. Yukon Jack can vouch that I battled it big time a few years back. Here's a link: http://lateral-lines.com/index.cfm/id/Fishing_with_Lower_Back_Pain (http://lateral-lines.com/index.cfm/id/Fishing_with_Lower_Back_Pain)
What can you tell me about the Egoscue Method in your article? I think I will also look into one of those braces.
I just added it up and I have been on the water fishing for 31 hours in the past 5 days, that is including one day off and my back is killing me. That may not be much for some people, but for me I over did it a little.
Every time I go on Clair, my back hurts the next day.
I've a bad back to begin with, but I'd like to fish it more, and be able to walk the next day or two.
I have several back braces, two from my Chiropractors, and one from the Pharmacy. Never tried them on the water though. I don't know if they'd make it better, or worse.
I've also heard to take a couple advil/aspirin/ibuprofen (pick your pleasure) before going out helps. Monday was the first time I've forgotten to take some in the morning and I woke up Tuesday hurting. St Clair really wasnt all that rough by comparison either.
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Quote from: Bender on July 09, 2008, 12:12:41 AM
What can you tell me about the Egoscue Method in your article?
I see the original link in my article is broken now. The Egoscue clinic (http://www.egoscue.com/) used to have pictures of some of their back exercises, but I guess they want to sell their classes and books and decided to take them down... :-\' Here's another link (http://edshealthtips.com/pain-relief/) with three key exercises that really helped me. They are detailed in the book "The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion" and Pete Egoscue's book "Pain Free."