Sciatic Problem

swoghin · Post by **swoghin** » June 15th, 2006, 11:24 pm

Grams

Can I ask what brand seat cover you are using? I am busily gathering information. All has been extremely helpful. My new hips never bother me at all. The only discomfort I experience is when I row in excess of 40 minutes. I'm willing to experiment with almost anything. Thanks for the suggestion.

SWoghin

swoghin · Post by **swoghin** » June 15th, 2006, 11:27 pm

Frank

Do you mean the stuff that looks like a small mountain range of peaks of uniform size? How does it adhere to the seat?

SWoghin

grams · Post by **grams** » June 16th, 2006, 12:29 pm

No ridges-it is shaped like a very wide bicycle seat and is squishy.

I got mine at my local REI store and you can also get it online at rei.com Search for Trico Painkiller Saddle Pad $32.00 Item 655660 size xtra large. It does fit over the C2 seat. I have erged without it at an erg class and came home with a tender tailbone. Before I started using it I had a raw spot there.

regards,

grams

FrankJ · Post by **FrankJ** » June 16th, 2006, 5:29 pm

swoghin wrote:Frank

Do you mean the stuff that looks like a small mountain range of peaks of uniform size? How does it adhere to the seat?

SWoghin

Yep, it looks like uniform peaks. It is not slippery and my weight keep it in place. I cut out openings in the upper layers around the bones and the top of the hamstrings. Kind of similar to the way seats are shaped in rowing shells.

Frank

Cam · Post by **Cam** » November 11th, 2006, 10:06 pm

Different people have different positions of their sciatic nerve, some naturally have this nerve going down the middle of their butt cheeks, many are slightly off centre, and are more towards outer edge. If you're unlucky enough to be a rower and have your sciatic nerve in the wrong spot, it'll lead to pain after a while in a boat (or on the ergo). If you want to pad up your seat with 3 pads, that's one way to do it, but you can also make your own pad (use old mousepad, or try different density foams) that is more suitable for your butt.

Experiment with the location of the holes in the pad. Start with the standard locations (centre of butt cheeks) and then experiment with different locations, slightly moving the holes out by 1 cm a time, and if that is not better, inward 1 cm at a time. This is to find the location where your sciatic nerve is in the hole and hence, to relieve the pressure on it.

The reason why I wouldn't keep adding padding under the seat is because it changes your settings significantly in a boat, lifting your centre of gravity higher off the water and altering your rigging settings. If you don't get in a boat, lots of padding probably won't matter.

Folding up a bath towel into a small rectangle to cover the ergo seat is what I do now to stop leg pain, I have found it much easier than trying to comfortably arrange the 'purpose built' padding

swoghin · Post by **swoghin** » November 12th, 2006, 9:09 am

Cam

Thank you for the information and the good suggestions. I was wondering what I would do with all those old mousepads. But it is a very good idea to move the holes to see whether that will bring greater comfort.

SWoghin

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