[geefree]

Good advice thanks lads,

i have just started with the cod liver oil tablets,... i may need a lighter pole too... trying to answer everone.. i cant lol sorry...


will take these comments , and try them out,,, 

[s.w.c]

gaz take some Viagra it will take your mind off your pain for a while

[tonyoliver]

[  they have techniques you wouldn't dream of,
I BET I COULD

[R W C]

Gaz you are not alone, my shoulders kill and i use a slx, I went to my mums today funny enough and told her they where killing she told me to use deep heat, good for a one off but this is continuas

Chris

[geefree]

R W C  i know how you feel... personally i thought a few more would be feeling this too.

[R W C]

TBH it did worry me as this is now my trade and i thought if this is happening now at 30 how am i going to be when im old like stan 

[geefree]

if you are only 30... then we need to ask anyone if there is a certain exercise we should be doing....

as its obviously muscle pains with repetition.

did someone once post something in the way of doing certain exercises before and after wfp

[R W C]

Before starting wc i went to the gym 5 days a week for 2 years, now it aches beyond compare and this is going to a max 3 storey, im gredding using a 60 foot pole 

[geefree]

dreading.... even 

[s.w.c]

your not the only one who has these pains i get them a lot but i dont moan about it, there is no point just got to get on with it, but some times it does get to me find a old type chemist ask for some winter green its old school but better than deep heat etc, ive got foot straps elbow straps knee brace, this is not through window cleaning all through old bike crashes many years ago the only bone i aint broke is my neck, in 96 i shattered to vertebrates and doing wfp my back plays up the most

[geefree]

wow .. not bad for someone who dont moan about it.....

only kidding.... i must say though with all that has happened to you , i feel bad for going on about my shoulder now...

fair play to you for sticking it all out.

take my hat off.

[s.w.c]

wow .. not bad for someone who dont moan about it.....

only kidding.... i must say though with all that has happened to you , i feel bad for going on about my shoulder now...

fair play to you for sticking it all out.

take my hat off.

well life has to go on, i got a family to fend for so i got no time for moaning just grit my teeth i also go high strength pain killer on repeat prescription had them since 96, every so often when it gets bad  i have to to a day or two off to relax this happens every two or three weeks depending on how bad i feel. i use to have co-dydramol 30/500 but they dont work anymore now im on zydol50mg

[Mike 108]

i mainly use the 21ft extel... for both....

but today i went back to the super light fishing pole for a while.

Gaz

I use a 17 ft Xtel for the tops and consider it heavy and unwieldy for many downstairs jobs (especially when reaching out).

Perhaps you're putting undue strain/stress on your joints/muscles/ligaments.

I have a (cut down) 2 x 2' 6" aluminium pole with a superlight brush on the eend for downstair windows.

Maybe you should try something like that.

But I've picked up a strange pain today - I can't wind the hose reel without a 'stabbing' pain in the front of my shoulder!

Mike

[macmac]

The trouble is WFP is so over-hyped on this forum that you would be forgiven for thinking it's child's play.

I use slx, carbon facelift + superlite brushes.

Personaly, I find trad a lot easier on the body. I've only ever had physical problems from wfp & they either take a lot of healing or are continuous. Neck, shoulder & elbows are the main areas of complaint. I'm 36, no weakling & fit too.

Many of my jobs I use wfp because it's safer & not always quicker or easier!!

Tony

[STEVE-UK]

ive been poling for 6 years now,i didnt get any problems for 5 years doing a 4 hours poling a day using a mix of 7kg 35ft pole and the 12kg 60 ft .

i started to get shoulder pain a year ago just as i eased the off the heavy weights at the gym, maybe its gym / bench press related ?

[Mike 108]

I thought the saying was:   NO PAIN - NO GAIN

 

[Handyman Window Cleaning Services]

my arms never ache from using a water fed pole, but i do go to the gym regurally.

when i brush stand to a boxing stance a then you from right hand to support the pole then my leaft at the base pushing down till i get a correct weight balance, then move the pole up and down. if neccesary i will walk backward and forwards bend my knees etc so i dont use my arms too much.

 

[Chameleon]

You know you're getting old when you go to bed feeling fine and then wake up in the morning with a knee/shoulder/elbow/kneck/back* injury!

How does that happen?

*Delete where applicable.

And I thought it was only me, phew!
I'm only 46
I think there's a war inside my body sometimes, aches and pains seem to come and go for no reason!
Neck, shoulders, knee's... it's all work related, but hey... at least I know I'm alive!..................................... Just!

[simbo]

i worked i a shoe factory as well,28 years i did,which factory and what did you do 

i worked for a company called totectors safety footwear and was a force laster stretching work boots onto lasts  and knocking on toe caps performed the same forced movements over 2500 times a day!!! and i mean forced real tough leather
simbo

[gary999]

bloody hell!! its just like dads army on here

ooooeerr! me neck!