Ride Engine back pain?

[encio]

I have problem whit sciatic nerve,i have the ride Engine harness but i have problem this....is possible?
Thanks

[Starsky]

No harness is going to work out the tension in your hip rotators. Thats up to you mate.

[BWD]

The engine harness is supposed to avoid slipping out of position and sliding up your back. This should help you keep good posture - back straight, shoulders back.
Keeping a good posture should help with sciatica.
It's also helpful to have a stance and style with your weight equal in both feet.
If you always have too much weight on the back foot, your back (and sciatica) will suffer.
Other things to do are shorten your chicken loop and use the depower/trim rope to help you keep a good stance.
It is not just for adjusting power but also body position - helps you avoid the poo or monkey positions.
And you can even try a bar set up without a chicken loop - also makes it easier to stay in good stance.

I don't have an engine harness but would like to try one, getting a comfortable harness helped me with back pain and sciatica. I use an ion apex now.
Another thing to try of course is a seat harness - many people with back issues find that helps. It is not good for my style though.
I have some sciatica but it is better now than in the past when I rode with big c kites edging hard all the time. Good stance and cross training to strengthen core helped me. So did changing style to be more light on my feet, riding surfboards more.

[ciscokitesurfer]

I have back pain and sciatica. I am using a seat harness and the back problem hasn't resurface. I used the Ride Engine for one session. My conclusion was to keep the sear harness. cheers

[waynepjh]

I bet a foam roller will help your backpain/sciatica. Just do it!!!!!!

[4shorecoaching]

Best bit of advice I have ever been given was to regularly stretch and get to the gym and do specific exercises to help with your back issues. Yoga is also great too
Try it out for just a month and you will really feel a difference.

Rich
4Shore Coaching

[NHKitesurfer]

The engine harness is supposed to avoid slipping out of position and sliding up your back. This should help you keep good posture - back straight, shoulders back.
Keeping a good posture should help with sciatica.
It's also helpful to have a stance and style with your weight equal in both feet.
If you always have too much weight on the back foot, your back (and sciatica) will suffer.
Other things to do are shorten your chicken loop and use the depower/trim rope to help you keep a good stance.
It is not just for adjusting power but also body position - helps you avoid the poo or monkey positions.
And you can even try a bar set up without a chicken loop - also makes it easier to stay in good stance.

I don't have an engine harness but would like to try one, getting a comfortable harness helped me with back pain and sciatica. I use an ion apex now.
Another thing to try of course is a seat harness - many people with back issues find that helps. It is not good for my style though.
I have some sciatica but it is better now than in the past when I rode with big c kites edging hard all the time. Good stance and cross training to strengthen core helped me. So did changing style to be more light on my feet, riding surfboards more.

I always have most of my weight on my back foot. How do you correct this?

[encio]

it is possible that the problem is the board hydrofoil and the ride engine harness?

[___stu___]

Exercise with yoga and some back specific stretches, check your bed, if the mattress is old change it for a good quality foam one and see the diffrence you get, I did this 2 years ago and have never had a flair up since. It's not nice to live with so a bit of cash spent for years of pain free living is a good deal.

[Starsky]

it is possible that the problem is the board hydrofoil and the ride engine harness?

No not really. If you had been talking about race boards I might have had to pause, the ergonomics of that were horrible looking. There are all kinds of people using foils with a well balanced ergonomic stance. The Ride Engine harness may not suit everyone, but again, its not to blame for someone's sciatica. We are to blame for any of the musculoskeletal issues we deal with barring accidental injury (which may or may not be our fault). Looking for one single cause is a faulty way to look at it. It's not one single thing, but absolutely everything counts. Every moment spent slouched into the car seat, in front of a computer, or in poor sleep postures are the cause. The one thing you do be it kite, garden or lift that puts you over the edge is not the only ingredient to your pain. The advice is here. Some simply wont see it, some might half get it, some have already learned the lesson the hard way.

You see its not the bed*, It's how you sleep in it. Its not the car seat its how you sit in it, its not the harness, its how you ride in it. Luckily for every bit of ergonomic abuse you incur, there are ways to move and stretch and roller and crack and exercise that will push you in the direction of better pain free function.

* It's true, there are shit beds, shit shoes, shit pillows and shit chairs, as well as many other terrible things in our lifestyles.