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when i shoot my bow it hurts my left shoulder and i am right handed ,what is the problem.

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old age;)

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That's when it hurts whether your shooting the bow or not. :D Could be a rotator cuff.

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i am 14

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Guess we can rule out old age. Could be rotator cuffs. I damaged one at 16 and the other the next year. Both wrestling, both the same move. I think it may have been against the same guy. Mine was pretty much instantly knowing but I think you can also gradually tear them. I never had mine fixed and they usually don't bother me but sometimes raising my arm above my head I can feel a bit. I haven't had too much problem from shooting. Maybe just a tad.

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i dont know what is going on i have shot bows befor and it did not hurt and now it is

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Get thee hence to the physician. [&:]

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you could be shooting a bow with to much poundage and when pushing out with the left it can hurt

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had the same problem 4 years ago and found out that i tore my rotator cuff during football seasonand had to have an artroscopic surgery on it now i am fine and dandy and feel great while shooting.

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Could be rotator cuff, could be pulled tendons, could be bursitis, could be nothing. Head your happy butt to the Dr. and get it fixed.

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It could be too much poundage, too much shooting or a combination of both. I had the same thing happen and got tendonitis in my shoulder. So I went from 82 lbs to 64 lbs, gave my shoulder a rest, and it healed.

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when I first started shooting it did that to me 2. I'm not sure why and may never b sure why. It doesn't bother me anymore but man, for those first 3-4 weeks that I first picked up a bow it bothered me. I think it had to do with getting the shoulder in shape. If you've been shooting for a long time i'd have to agree with the rotator cuff probs.

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like others has said could be burisitis, could be a rotor cuff tear the only way to find out is to visit your doctor, hope it aint to bad yet