By "new paddle" I mean the new left as opposed to right feather. Over the past year I developed a severe case of tennis elbow in my right arm. Despite seeing physical therapists, icing, ibuprophen, and acupuncture nothing worked. So this November I took the month off paddling and started up again in December with a change of control hand from right to left. It took only about 10 sessions to relearn how to paddle but I'm now comfortable withe the reverse feather and the pain has gone.
