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Originally Posted by Chief Gunner
Stretch out every day, push ups, sit ups, crunches and try leg lifts to strenghten your core. Paddling is great but if you got a bad shoulder or arm/s peddling might be something worth looking into.
I do my routine when I get up and swimming in my pool in the afternoon when I get home from work helps allot. I have some issues with a knee, my back, my hips and ankles after 20+ years of pounding Steel Decks in the worlds Finest Conoe club but I hate to take any meds for any of it. I loved paddling in my Tarpon but honestly allot of my knee, hip and ankle pain has gone away since I got my PA.
My kick is to take my Vitimins & try eat healthy when possible. I found that the more active I am from day to day the less those aches and pains bother me.
Fishing, Beer and my Woman help a Hellava lott too 
Do it !! Get on the water because aside from everything else I mentioned the connection to Nature, Mother Earth and the Absolute Beauty of this World will fill your Soul with a Calmness and Clarity that will make any aches and pains you feel seem meaningless to the point where you don't feel them anymore (until the next day LOL)  |
My Dr.'s say simuliar things, be active. I'm pretty sure that's why my shoulders have fared so well. Morning excercises and know my limits
( i.e don't be stupid
) But I do know I'm not staying as active as I should be. I totally agree with you and your insight to life as you laid out in your last paragraph.