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techyb46

Tendinitis in Bow Arm

Hey all,

Brand new to archery. Never shot a bow before the 3rd of January. And within a week of getting my new compound bow (PSE Ferocity) I've started getting really bad pain in my bow arm shoulder after the first couple shots of a session. I didn't push through the pain (well I did the first time for another 10 shots). Went to the doctor and got some anti-inflammatory meds and told not to pull a string back for 2 weeks. What a terrible start to a sport I've been wanting to get into for years!!!

I've been practicing by mysef from 20-30 yards for about 30-45 minutes a day for the first 5-6 days. So I'm relying on YouTube for form and posture help. I had no problems whatsoever at the beginning and started being able to group within a couple inches at 20 yards.

I'm pretty sure it's bad form and not weak/unused muscle related. I'm 35 and in decent shape. I can pull and shoot @ 70lbs but have it dialed back to 55 lbs while I learn.

I can't take a video of my form for a couple weeks but I'd love to get some critiques once I do.

In the meantime, what would cause my bow arm shoulder to all of the sudden not want to pick up the bow anymore?

EDIT: failed to mention that I've never had shoulder pain or issues before across many sports (cycling, football, basketball, marathons, golf softball, lifting). So it's not re-injuring an old injury or something.

Posted Jan 13, 2020, 4:43 AM UTC · edited

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tatsu0ni•

Using a bow puts strain on some weird muscles best bet is to lower the poundage if you can for less muscle stress or what personally recommend is to buy a total gym (the Chuck Norris thing) for 50$ used somewhere and use that to stretch and work that bow arm out. Once your body gets used to that style movement your golden. Tiger balm also works wonders and wintergreen/helichrycum/clove/peppermint oil mixed together works real well too.

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frshtrx•

Watch the 'school of nocks" videos yet? They talk about why your shoulder is collapsing and causing strain in episode 4 or 5?

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Crocodile_Jones•

I’m 37 and just this year started getting pain in my bow elbow. I started lifting weights and it’s helping my elbow. Nothing too heavy but not really light either.

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HazankoZero•

What exercises are benefiting you? Recovering from some archer's elbow myself and looking to get stronger to get over it. Any tips?

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Crocodile_Jones•

Doing push-ups has been helping. I’m also curling a medium weight that I can do about twenty times per set.

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