Pain In The Ass

[[old] farar.elliott@mail.house.gov]

Dang, I suspect this has been addressed before, but I can't find it in the archives, so I'll ask anew -<br /><br />does anyone have suggestions for combatting a dreadful rubbing (like rugburn) rawness that I get on my butt? It's kind of like rowing but blisters one gets on the water. Someone thought that vaseline might help, but she's a cyclist, so perhaps she's off-base.

[LindaM]

Hi Farar! Great to have you resurface on the Forum. About the butt abrasion problem: Vaseline sounds messy to me. People have had success with one or a combination of the following:<br /><br />thinner shorts or padded shorts (for rowing, not cycling)<br />a seat pad<br />a folded towel on the seat<br />laying off until healed and then shorter rows until you break in your butt to the seat.<br /><br />But you've been rowing for quite awhile, right? Is this a new problem on a specific erg? If you don't have the problem in a scull, you may need a harder seat. Maybe a homemade thin plywood seat pad would work best for you.<br /><br />Where are you these days? Remember me?<br /><br />Best - Linda Markin

[[old] maf]

<!--QuoteBegin-farar.elliott@mail.house.gov+Jun 10 2005, 03:32 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(farar.elliott@mail.house.gov @ Jun 10 2005, 03:32 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Dang, I suspect this has been addressed before, but I can't find it in the archives, so I'll ask anew -<br /><br />does anyone have suggestions for combatting a dreadful rubbing (like rugburn) rawness that I get on my butt? It's kind of like rowing but blisters one gets on the water. Someone thought that vaseline might help, but she's a cyclist, so perhaps she's off-base. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Sounds like abrasion problems <br /><br />I can think of 2 things you can do, separately or together:<br /><br />1. Reduce the amount of movement between your backside and the seat - ie seat pad, bubblewrap, or folded towel.<br /><br />2. Reduce the friction between your skin and your clothing - ie Grab a pair of lycra compression shorts, these fit like a second skin and any abrasion happens on the shorts surface, not your backside. Don't wear these to the shops unless you like getting whistled at! <br /><br />You might need to give your skin a chance at healing before anything will work.<br /><br />I can't imagine vaseline helping, I think it would just get messy. Cyclists do use lubricants around the groin area, but that's because their legs are going in different directions and they land up with abrasions because of it. Rowing movement has our legs moving together so it's not the same problem.<br /><br />Hope that helps!<br /><br />Michael<br />