standing back pain,,,I got a idea to help.

I want to ask all you people that stand up and fish all day. Does it get to hurting your backs and knees? Mine hurt when I stand on concrete all day. (but it could be cause i was a carpet installer for 30yrs) but anyway, I`ve seen post where people ask about putting a thin pad under their carpet. I figured that the pad would just soak up water till today. I found some pure rubber 3/16th pad that I had forgot about useing a few yrs ago. I think it would work good. It`s not hard but firm with cushion. I know i keep some rebond rug pad in front of my work bench and helps alot when I`m standing in place doing something. I hate to ask somebody top let me use their boat as a trail run , so i guess i`ll have to try it on mine frist, but I don`t stand long in my boat. So who`s up to try it out. If somebody is willing to try it out for me I`ll put in new carpet on their front deck for nothing,,,and if you don`t like it i`ll take it up and installit back like it was...what you all think?

Doug

It works! It's a factory option on alot of boats now :-)

Here at our work we purchased anti-fatigue mats for certain areas in our shop for people to walk and especially stand on. They told me almost instantly how much they loved it and how it saved their legs and backs from pain. I have no doubt they work. Doug, what if a fella just placed one of these on top of his carpet as a throw down as they can be ordered or cut to fit in any size? Not a bad idea but I'm not sure that there would be a sizeable market for it though.

Oh and to answer your very first question. When I stand and fish all day it just about kills me anymore. I've got a herniated disk and it can get rough.

Believe me I have to stand all day when fishing due to my steel rods in my back, I can't sit and fish. The pain of sitting would really hurt more, but I do like the idea of the pad to stand on...Let me think of this one for about a week or so before I decide to have it done to my boat....

Thanks

Bumble Bee Boats have had a pad under there carpet for long time. I think they use a closed cell foam.

Does this rubber pad weigh very much?

Ok the question from Mhall about laying it on top. Heres the trouble with that.
1 it wouldn`t stay in 1 place for long. Like in house`s I`ve done if you lay a peice of pad or carpet on top the other it will want to walk on you..move around.
2 I don`t even want to think of having the fish of a live time,,,(elwoods 12lb smallie) be all excited and trip over the pad, fall down or worse in the lake with the fish...LOL it would get in the way.
3 it weights very little.
4 the thing about the market for it. Well people that need it can`t afford lest I can`t to get a new boat for the pad. It can be installed pretty cheap. Plus you would have new carpet to boot. But I`d like to she how it work so I can give that oppion to my customers to have done when I install new carpet in the boats

It was just a brain storm or brain fart but like to try it.

Doug

Standing or sitting for very long is tough on the old back after a while, but I do like the idea of a matt. By the way, I go in Monday to get something called a Lumbar Epidural Injection. Hope it works before Spring gets here.

>Standing or sitting for very long is tough on the old back
>after a while, but I do like the idea of a matt. By the way,
>I go in Monday to get something called a Lumbar Epidural
>Injection. Hope it works before Spring gets here.


Downwind, I've had this procedure more than once and it worked wonders for me. It helps to shrink the herniation of the disk thus taking the pressure off of the siatic nerve relieving pain in MOST cases. The procedure is not alot of fun, I won't lie to you but you'll probably like the results, Good luck.

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