My arms are numb

After 3 weeks of paddling/fishing almost every day ~10 hours a day, my arms/hands are numb some of the time.  About half way through the trip I started feeling it in the middle of the night.  A few days later, I felt it in the middle of the day while paddling.  I was using a bent shaft, which may be part of the problem as I haven't used one until this year.  And I did concentrate on keeping my grip loose, but I still developed this problem.  I also aggravated my shoulder impingement a little bit.  I think with a little bit of rest, I'll be just fine.  But I'm looking for pointers as to how to avoid this situation going forward.  Any help?

-Allen

And don't tell me to get a Hobie!!!   

-Allen

Weh... hurting from too much fishing?
Hard to feel sorry for ya bro..... 

So Chuck, you probably don't want to hear about how chewed up my hands are and solicitations as to how to better avoid this situation short of wearing gloves.  I hate gloves.  I was liberally applying neosporen and bandaids to try to heal faster so I could get back to pain free fishing.  And no, I wasn't lipping the lings.  And I did resort to gloves for a day or 2.

-Allen

Have you tried paddle goves that don't have fingers?

It was my fingers that got chewed up.  You know all those little annoying spine cuts and line cuts.

-Allen

After 3 weeks of paddling/fishing almost every day ~10 hours a day, my arms/hands are numb some of the time.  About half way through the trip I started feeling it in the middle of the night.  A few days later, I felt it in the middle of the day while paddling.  I was using a bent shaft, which may be part of the problem as I haven't used one until this year.  And I did concentrate on keeping my grip loose, but I still developed this problem.  I also aggravated my shoulder impingement a little bit.  I think with a little bit of rest, I'll be just fine.  But I'm looking for pointers as to how to avoid this situation going forward.  Any help?

-Allen

Dude, Please...RoRows!

Dude, I know, I know.  I left mine sitting on the shelf in the garage.  I hit the 50# weight limit when packing and took them out of the bag.  Shoulda, coulda put them in my rod tube ... didn't!   

-Allen