[pct-l] tendonitis (was Getting Back on Trail, Leaving a Car in SoCal)

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

I am sorry. My mistake. That is :

http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp/backpacking_memo.pdf

Written by English with Japanese memo


2010/6/2 kylie skidmore <kyliepete at gmail.com>:
> hey hiro, thanks for this - i can't get that link to work...
>
> On 2 June 2010 18:22, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear kylie
>>
>>  I had posted this problem. There is a scientific research:
>>
>> Stewart et al. (2009)  (Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 20,
>> 250-256) had investigated  the AT and PCT 128 hikers with 6 page
>> questionnaire, and found that the injury was caused by two factors:
>> pack weight and footwear rigidity. But adjusting statistically, The
>> pack weight was the only significant factor. They said that the
>> footwear type ( sandal, running shoes, hiking shoes, hiking boots )
>> and the pack weight were confused.
>>
>> There is a memo of my post:
>> http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp/backpacking.memo_pdf
>> Page.13-14.
>>
>> If you change your boots to shoes, you will suffer more serious
>> injury. You should reduce the total pack weight.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/6/2 kylie skidmore <kyliepete at gmail.com>:
>> > g'day dan, i'm interested in your tendonitis...  i've previously had
>> > tendonitis a couple of times in my shin-ankle region - both feet but not
>> > simultaneously. both times i was able to keep walking (albeit with
>> > probably
>> > too much ibuprofen & NSAIDs - and fairly excruciating pain for some
>> > days)
>> > and within 2 weeks to a month the inflammation had gone down.  in the
>> > past
>> > i've always been a traditional bushwalker - and as a leader and teacher
>> > have
>> > carried up to 35kg at times. i've been working on the theory that the
>> > tendonitis is caused in part by the weight of my boots and pack, and if
>> > i
>> > reduce these significantly i'll be free of the tendonitis. your post is
>> > a
>> > little concerning - might destroy my theory.
>> >
>> > can i ask what your pack weight is, and what type of footwear you wear?
>> >
>> > cheers, skids
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1 June 2010 10:43, Dan Ransom <danransom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Howdy All,
>> >>
>> >> This might come as a strange request, but I am trying to find a way to
>> >> possibly "leave" a car in SoCal for a couple months while I'm on the
>> >> trail.  I originally started hiking in April, came off the trail with
>> >> tendinitis in my right ankle/shin after fuller ridge, and am currently
>> >> trying to get back on after some help from cortisone and a month off
>> >> the trail...
>> >>
>> >> However, I will most likely end up skipping the section from Big Bear
>> >> to Agua Dulce, partly because of the roadwalk, partly due to schedule
>> >> restraints.  My brainstorm plan would be to leave a car somewhere near
>> >> Agua Dulce or Mojave, or possibly near Kennedy Meadows, and if my leg
>> >> will cooperate, try and finish most of the hike, fly back to Palm
>> >> Springs in the fall, and finish the last section when it is cooler
>> >> (and maybe sans road walk), then pick up the car and drive back home,
>> >> trying to spare myself as many expensive flights as possible.  The
>> >> other contingency is that if the tendinitis flares back up, it solves
>> >> the logistics of not having to fly again, and leaves me with a car to
>> >> do some support along the trail instead.  I guess I'm curious if
>> >> anyone has options for a place to leave a car that doesn't charge for
>> >> storage, and doesn't mind a car parked for a few months.
>> >>
>> >> Does this sound remotely possible?  If anyone has any suggestions,
>> >> feel free to hit me sideband - danransom AT gmail DOT com.
>> >>
>> >> Dan - "Breezy"
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>> --
>> Sincerely
>> --------------- --------------------------------------
>> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
>> HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
>> http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
>> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
>> 2009 JMT, the first America.
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>
>



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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
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