Chafing

[JapanRon]

Hey there SturgeonKid,

Chafing... Ah yes, how well I remember. Here's the story according to JapanRon. Wearing anything across the kness or where the end of the shorts, etc. end near the knees is asking for trouble. When you sit in a U-shaped or other-than-a-donut-tube, if that's what you usually do, the cloth will gather when you flex your knee then return to it's original shape repeatedly.

When the cloth restricts the shallow capillaries supplying blood to the epidermal area behind the knee, the skin becomes supsceptible to skin abrasion. It should also itch, which again, is a sign of blood flow restrictions.

You may not realize this is going on until you see the end result. I had this problem when I sat to far back in my tube and the front edge of the seat was continually in contact with the back of my knees.

So there! That's another theory to ponder which happened to be correct in my case. Now, all you have to tell me is this occurs only in your pontoon boat and no contact occurs to blow the whole thing! ha ha ha

JapanRon
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