wear and tear on your body?

[MasterBlaster]

Guy, I disagree with you on the use of anti-inflammatorys. Using them can actually allow the healing process to begin.
My shoulder pain comes from years of ROW work in a bucket, using a chainsaw. Believe me JPS, I one hand my saw as LITTLE as possible nowadays.
Ditto to what everyone has said so far about streeching. I get funny looks sometimes, but I don't care.
Another 25 years or so, and I'm gonna retire.

 

[Burnham]

What are all us wore-out climbers going to do to provide for ourselves in our old age? Who has a plan for retirement that looks comfortable? It makes sense to me that most climbers are not going to be able to continue into their 60's and older, so are you looking at a solid plan to take care of your financial needs when you can't cut it anymore as a climber?? Share what your plans are...start young at saving for retirement, and never let up is my advice. Carl, are you listening ?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

All that money I saved from a frugal lifestyle, I'll buy out one or two of my current clients that are tired of the rat race.

The I can sit in the truck and make phone calls and do book keeping while the hired help is in the tree

 

[NickfromWI]

I do not use ibuprofen/asprin. It just masks pain. Pain is a signal from the body that something is wrong.

You don't feel the pain with those drugs, so keep on working as if nothing was wrong...making things worse.

If I hurt, it's for a reason. The reason needs to be addressed, not the pain.

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by NickfromWI
I do not use ibuprofen/asprin. It just masks pain. Pain is a signal from the body that something is wrong.

OK, my docter IS a VA doc, but he told me the Ibuprophen allows the the joint/muscle to relax, which helps to heal it.

He is a VA doc, though...

 

[NickfromWI]

Doctors scare me. Bodies are the most important thing we have, but you can go to ten different doctors and hear ten different causes/cures for the same problem.

Arborists are the same way

love
nick

 

[Ax-man]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster

My shoulder pain comes from years of ROW work in a bucket, using a chainsaw. Believe me JPS, I one hand my saw as LITTLE as possible nowadays..

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MB--- If your still using your MS 200, try a light weight rear handle, if you have acsess to one.

Our bucket is down for an in house engine rebuild, so I have been doing more climbing than usual. I've been using a rear handled 21 for a chain saw in the tree. I can see Mike Masses point of view on using a rear handle over a top - handled. It does seem to be easier on the body, at least for me it has been. It puts you in a more relaxed position for cutting.

I just wasn't going to fight with my Husky 335, with its hard starting and jerky rewind, when I have this much climbing to do.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Ax-man
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MB--- If your still using your MS 200, try a light weight rear handle, if you have acsess to one.

What do you suggest?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

NSAIDs do not just block the pain, but will releave swelling and inflamtion.

My unsdestanding is that they fill the cellab block the chemical signal from attatching to the receptors that case the pain reaction.

New pain is onething to watch for, such as pulled muscle. reducing the pain reduces stress and allows the body to heal better.

It is stupid to work through new pain that is not understood, but chronic long term pain is something that needs to be managed so that the body will work properly.

If we try to work with chronic pain we may inadvertantly "favor" that body bart and throw off the alignment of the rest of the body, causing problems elsewhere. Like limping for a while throuws out the back...

Try to understand what is going on, and be an informed consumer. Nick, I'm suprised by that, you never seemed like a Ludite to me

 

[rumination]

Butch,

One of your self-medications (that's right, the green stuff) when eaten makes a fantastic anti inflammatory even in very small doses, although it must be prepared correctly.

Someone mentioned the use of kava kava leaves. Do NOT use the leaves of this plant as it can cause potential liver problems. It is the roots of kava kava that are safe to use, and the most potent part of the plant anyway.

 

[Ax-man]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
What do you suggest?

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If I only had the option to buy a real light weight rear handle.

# 1 choice 09L with 16" bar, this saw is kind of a hybryid of a rear handle and a true top-handle, little bigger engine than 200.

# 2 choice 017 or 018 ( do they make an 019?? )

Any saw bigger than a 21 is just to heavy to be carrying around in a tree, till it comes time to cut bigger wood.

I've seriously considered some of these saws as a replacement to my Husky. I'm not giving up on top- handles totally.

I've never owned any of these saws to say weather their good and will hold up to pro tree work.

To me a good starting saw, means as much as power because like every one else I got my aches and pains in my elbow and shoulder, trying to get a fussy saw started doesn't help your joints, if you know what I mean.

Larry

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Husky 346- powerhead 10.6 #

ms 200t - 8#

With full chisle on the 346, it's what I take up on a removal job.

The 020 gets used some still, but when doing minor trims, the silky is all i use now. O20 is mostly for oak deadoods and the like.