Underarm chafing

[AKS753]

I was wondering if any other scullers have had problems with underarm chafing &
what can be done about it. It is a problem when I wear t-shirts or no shirt at
all - but not a problem when wearing a JL. I have noticed that it is worse in
my new boat - maybe something to do with the rigging.

-Alex Sherman
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[Adriaan Koster]

I assume that you are chafing the insides of your underarms against your
body.

Sounds to me like a rigging/technique issue.

Rigging: Your overlap might be too big (the distance the handles overlap
when the oars are perpendicular to the boat) which forces your hands to
cross too far during the stroke. Solution: increase span and/or decrease
inboard oar length. Also your strechter might be too far aftwards, resulting
in too less space at the finish to clear your body with your hands.
Solution: move stretcher towards the bow until you have about one hand-width
space between the handles when in the finish position.

Technique: Make sure you pull your elbows slightly outward (but not
upwards!) so you can keep them clear of your body and apply force in a
natural direction (i.e. orthogonal to the handle).

A3aan.

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[Zak Wood]

I find a similar problem, however, recently I was told to finish with my
elbows out sideways instead of back (Only in sculling boats) and that seems
to have helped. Do you also only find it on the stroke side?

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[Johnson]

Although I'm fairly sure this isn't a factor in your problem, I have had
similar problems whilst rowing and erging.

I found the lat area of my back chafed and raw after rowing, especially with
short power pieces. I found (much to my delight, and you might imagine why)
that my lats would chaff against the seam of my tee-shirts. Since JLs
expand, I did not receive a similar effect. Very ego-stroking.

-K

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[Freewheeling]

AK:

This might be completely unrelated, but I when I first started running
marathons I'd always bleed from the nipples at the end of the race with
blood all over the front part of my jersey. This was rather alarming, as
you can imagine, and I considered all kinds of serious explanations. Turns
out it was caused simply by repetitive abrasion against the material of the
jersey over a three to four hour period. You wouldn't think that a
relatively soft material could have such a striking effect, but the
phenomenon is fairly common. Many marathoners either slather their nips
with Vaseline or put Band-Aids over them. I kid you not.

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[Felipe]

Eak!

Scott, that's really disturbing.

I wasn't going to post, but compared to the below, a little underarm chafing
isn't a big deal. I do, but i used to be a *really* skinny lightweight, and
in recent years have bulked up considerably. At times I think I was
literally too big for my britches (or back, etc.) -- not due to shear bulk,
just a small frame to hang it on. Seems to go away during headrace season,
which could be due either to the slimming effects of distance, or better
technique as the season wears on ...

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[GHP]

Oh yes, I've heard of this. Last year we had a marathon pass our boathouse,
there were quite a few guys with blood all over the front of their jersey's.
I figured that was it was. There were also some others without their
shirts, with band-aides on the nips.

Gary

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[Adriaan Koster]

Nasty thread!

A3aan.

P.S. Mark Williams for president!

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