Data,
Sorry about your back and neck pain.
I just think crossbow is not the same. Like the other guy said.. They are shot more like a rifle. No sense in arguing because you have your view and I have mine.
I watched a Fred Bear video the other night - a mule deer hunt and a bear hunt among others. Fred won tournaments and was one of the better archers ever. Damn fine shooter. He clean missed 2 bear2 before a shooting the 3rd perfectly.
My point is - if you have never shot trad, if you've never hunted with a trad bow in your hand, you don't have a clue.
Dude if recurves are that hard to shoot then I believe they should be illegal. Damn. If Fred bear can have 2 clean misses then how many gut or leg shots have you made. That is completely unethical.