No pain no gain

[Gavin Hodges]

Forums not big enough for steves list

[Steve Bullman]

im actually thinking of trying yoga or something similar

[Gavin Hodges]

im actually thinking of trying yoga or something similar

I worry about you sometimes

[TimR]

What are the most common alments/injurys?

 

one word

 

 

Silky.......

 

new blade=nice line of pinpricks of blood

[Steve Bullman]

not had the pleasure of a bad silky cut yet! maybe i dont use it enough

[Gavin Hodges]

I got a bad cut for a hand hedge cutter putting saftey sheath back on . needed 6 stiches

[TimR]

same here steve not a nasty one touch wood just those little taps as you forget its a new sharp blade as you cut through that last stub and it cuts all the way through and continues onto your skin of your other hand thats supporting you lol

 

or is it just me ?????

 

other one i seem to doing a lot lately especially in tight trees ( conifers/very epicormicmicy limes ) burning myself on the 020 exhaust as i pull the saw up to use it or to move it about quite a collection of blisters on my arm now lol

 

or after todays climb of 4 willows in the insane winds on the essex coast to make safe ( reduce by 50%/ pollard) sea sickness

[Steve Bullman]

dunno about you, but id rather get an exhaust burn on my arm, i always seem to burn a hole in my stretch airs

[Andy Collins]

neck pains are quite common in overapaid climbers I hear

 

Tis the weight of the wallet pulling down on the spinal column that does it

[simonorourke]

spikes in the ankles??? I must confess I havn't climbed since January, so my back pain has transferred to the middle of my back from bending over (oo-er) chainsaw carving. I went full time carving in Jan cos I make more money from it.