OK, let's get the physicist or biomechanics experts to weigh in here on forces--these sticks are wielded at waist level, but add the mechanical effect of lengthening the arm and I'm sorry, it's not strength it's?about LEVERS, which puts more force on the cocked elbow/forearm junction and the tendons which operate the forearm/wrist.??
We'll see how you're doing in 10 yrs.? I'm sure if a carrot-stick wielder has no core strength, the effects are multiplied, as an upper arm supported by core strength fatigues more slowly.
Lynne
On Aug 26, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Cora wrote:
Someone told me that the carrot sticks use the same core as golf clubs.? Well, a golf club is too heavy to be swung at waist level with one hand--for a woman, at least.
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Almost all the women I know that ride can do this....golf clubs are not that heavy...lol...Cora
Um, not in my case--I pick up one of those sticks, try to wield it in the NH fashion I've used for years, and it's instant pain in the outside of my forearm near the elbow.? The rest of the time I don't experience tendonitis.
But I chose longe whips, for instance, for their weight/balance, and the "wrong" ones cause the same sensation.
JMO, YMMV, etc.? I hold an 8 lb camera/lens combo to my face for as much as 1200 images a day, so I doubt it has anything to do with physical strength.
Someone wrote:? "The basis of my criticism comes from a couple of places, not the least of which is the poor design of the carrot stick, yes a nicely balanced dressage whip is a far more effective tool if for no other reason than that it is (and has specifically been designed to be) easier to hold without causing long term physical damage to the user. I have two friends how have been in and out of the doctor's office for treatment of their tendonitis."?
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Pardon if this observation has?already been made.??I'm thinking that these folks have tendonitis because they're over-using the stick.?The stick is good.??If they?are?swinging the stick to the extent that it?generates?a?tendonitis episode then they have a big?problem, and it isn't the stick.??The?visual cracks me up,?it has the potential to be?one of those painfully memorable utube videos.???
