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Re: Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness
By:Don
Date: 11/8/2003, 10:14 pm
In Response To: Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness *LINK* *Pic* (Steve Pituch)

I did not find the thermorest seat that Pygmy uses to be comfortable. My legs would go numb after a short period of time. I carved a seat out of minicell similar to yours and the problem went away. I also found that my lower back would start to bother me after about 45 minutes of paddling. I replaced the Pygmy backband with a standard backband that allows some flexability and I can sit in my boat for hours now. Doing some stretching helps me a lot also. Good luck. Keep trying different things, something will work.

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Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Pituch -- 11/8/2003, 4:51 pm
Re: Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness
Sunshine -- 11/9/2003, 2:20 pm
Alternative seat choice. *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 11/9/2003, 11:02 am
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LeeG -- 11/9/2003, 7:42 am
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Don -- 11/8/2003, 10:14 pm
Re: Foam Seat Design *LINK*
John Schroeder -- 11/8/2003, 7:47 pm
angle of the dangle
Pete Notman -- 11/8/2003, 7:11 pm
Angle is correct.
Jay Babina -- 11/9/2003, 6:40 am
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Jay Doorly -- 11/8/2003, 6:30 pm
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Thomas -- 11/8/2003, 7:20 pm
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srchr/gerald -- 11/8/2003, 6:29 pm
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Jim Farrelly -- 11/8/2003, 5:04 pm
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Steve Pituch -- 11/8/2003, 5:35 pm
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LeeG -- 11/9/2003, 7:53 am
Re: Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness
Jim Farrelly -- 11/8/2003, 5:48 pm
Re: Material: Foam Seat Progress & Leg Numbness
Thomas -- 11/8/2003, 6:23 pm
Re: Finding the pressure points *NM* *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 11/8/2003, 6:36 pm