08-25-2006, 08:26 PM
You`re absolutely right, Alan!
Late July I started to feel aching in my right shoulder blade radiating to my chest. I noticed that perhaps I had been shooting too much with my 50 pounder. I recall that I spent the whole July in our summer house and I shot almost every day 5-6 hours!
I am serious. I started usually in the morning 10.00 and shot couple of hours until midday. Then I shot again from 14 to 16.00. And again a couple of hours in the evening before the sauna!
My fingers were bleeding, of course, and I estimate that I shot about 400 arrows per day! I also made the draw from the eye level straight with my right side upper back muscles, not helping with drawing while rising the bow up. I also kept the anchor for several seconds every time. In all, very stressing to the muscles and joints! I also shot too many arrows in a row, whole twelve of them...
It was a month before the inflammation went away from my shoulder blade muscles. It was a good lesson because physically I did not even tire when shooting, but the body seems to have it`s limits, unfortunately...
Lesson: The pain is fortunately complete away now. Now I shoot only 4 arrows in a row tops and one hour is enough per day. Fortunately I become to my senses before that "assyrian". How stupid a man can be :wink: ... Now my motto is: quality before quantity!
Late July I started to feel aching in my right shoulder blade radiating to my chest. I noticed that perhaps I had been shooting too much with my 50 pounder. I recall that I spent the whole July in our summer house and I shot almost every day 5-6 hours!
I am serious. I started usually in the morning 10.00 and shot couple of hours until midday. Then I shot again from 14 to 16.00. And again a couple of hours in the evening before the sauna!
My fingers were bleeding, of course, and I estimate that I shot about 400 arrows per day! I also made the draw from the eye level straight with my right side upper back muscles, not helping with drawing while rising the bow up. I also kept the anchor for several seconds every time. In all, very stressing to the muscles and joints! I also shot too many arrows in a row, whole twelve of them...
It was a month before the inflammation went away from my shoulder blade muscles. It was a good lesson because physically I did not even tire when shooting, but the body seems to have it`s limits, unfortunately...
Lesson: The pain is fortunately complete away now. Now I shoot only 4 arrows in a row tops and one hour is enough per day. Fortunately I become to my senses before that "assyrian". How stupid a man can be :wink: ... Now my motto is: quality before quantity!