Usually my posts have are lighthearted (in my opinion anyway) and I have a tendency to be a smart aleck, but for this once, I am being straight forward and would like some serious help.

January 2006 I had surgery on my shoulder to fix a torn rotator cuff, reattach 3 ligaments, repair torn cartaledge, and remove a spur from the collar bone. In 2006, I hunted with a crossbow and took an old buck but felt guilty as it seemed like I was shooting a gun w/silencer.

Last year, I hunted with my old compound bow that had a 70 lb draw. I could pull it back about once an hour and it took everything I had to do so. I got tag soup as I could not draw it back fast enough on a couple of occasions and with the first buck, the sights had been malaligned when my wife knocked it off the wall and didn't tell me about it. After bow season was over, I took it in and traded it on another bow that had 40 lb draw.

This year I have been out practicing every day the weather permitted and the first 4 arrows are dead on. The next 4 arrows are always low and right. The 3rd set of 4 arrows are all over the place. After I have shot 12, my shoulder aches for at least 2 hours. I know it only takes one shot and that is usually all you are going to get anyway, but I don't feel good about knowing I can only get 4 shots off that are good.

My question is: "Is there any device out there that I could strap on my shoulder and have go down my arm to my wrist that will displace the pressure? I have been thinking of ways to build one, but if something already exists, why try to build one. If that is not feasible, is there anyone out there that has had simliar injury and what did you do to remedy it. A very good friend of mine that has been bow hunting for about 40 years tells me to just give in and go back to a crossbow. My problem with that is the feeling I had when I took a buck with one. I love bow hunting during the period before to after the rut and personally don't enjoy going out during shotgun and muzzle seasons. If I can't get someway to know I can put a dozen arrows in a row on target, I think I will have to give up deer hunting and that would suck.

Sorry for the lengthy post to get to the question.

Someone help please.