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Re: [RC] Parelli Carrot Stick Causes Tendonitis? - kathy . mayeda

Now this is reaching pretty far into Parelli bashing!   You've got to be kidding.
 
The "orange stick" is pretty much a tool that's very useful in getting a point across, but the purpose is not for consistent usage.  I think dressage riders use their whips more than a skilled PNH person would use their carrot sticks.  Like the post wayyyyyy down there in the thread, there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PERSON if that is happening.   Either physical or emotional, or lack of knowledge or all of the above.
 
K.
 
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From: Lynne Glazer <lynne@xxxxxxxxxx>
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.
Almost all the women I know that ride can do this....golf clubs are not that heavy...lol...Cora
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Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Parelli Carrot Stick Causes Tendonitis?

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.

Lynne

On Aug 25, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Tina Rushing wrote:

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."

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.