RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

GR8....I know what you're talking about.....and I've used one when I was playing a lot of tennis. Yeah....they help a LOT. I actually wore one in college, catching.....when I had the tennis elbow flare up from weight lifting. That's an option, too.

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

Be careful, this type of injury takes a long time to heal. Shooting will just aggravate even more and the pills will just be a waste of money! All you will be doing is tearing the tendon more when it is trying to heal, not good!

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

Guys I appreciate the advice....and I'm no dummy. I've been cut on /PT'd/cortizoned/iced, heated and wrapped more than most....lol.

I DO really appreciate the advice. Noted....;) Thank you

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

I've had tennis elbow so bad that It was torture to pull the bow. I stopped shooting completely. I killed a big one that year and it felt like someone was driving a red hot rod thru my elbow when I drew on him. I actually had tears in my eyes. The only thing that helped me was REST. That was many years ago and whenever I feel it coming on again I rest it.The good news is I have been able to keep it in check. Good luck to you I know what you are going thru.

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

Jeff, Any chance that it might be the the thumb release?? Maybe the way you are drawing!! Walt

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

I've had trouble with "tennis" elbow since 8th grade. For 5 years it's been on and off. Mostly from basketball injurys, not to mention varsity golf since 7th grade[&:] It started back up from falling off a snowmobile.

I can't shoot my bow more than ten times, without having to stop.

Rest is the best option, as you already know.

I feel you're pain.

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

Funny, Walt.....I sat there with Lisa at lunch thinking about this a lot...and sorta going through the motion of the beginning of the draw with each type release. You HAVE to use different muscles and tendons to draw with the thumb trigger release. I KNOW I do. I'm wondering ......you guys who use thumb trigger releases.....what is your DW set on? How many times are you shooting each week?

I think I may have just had my #-age set too high and been shooting to much for that type release. I don't know....but maybe a little rest; lowering the DW and getting heavier arrows will help. I'm also gonna pay attention to HOW I draw, also.

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

I have been swinging a hammer for 25 years. I can tell you all about tennis elbow and many other hitches in my get-E-up as I get older. Nothing ever really bothered me until I hit 40. I have never been to the doc about it but a couple other carpenters I know get shots and say it really works. Cortizoneshots Ithink.

RE: If you've ever had tennis elbow.....
 

I have tennis elbow on both elbows. I shoot 65 lbs. and it doesn't bother them at all. Once at the NFFA nationals I was have some problem because I was using a long liquid fill stabilizer. A friend came up to me and told me to take it off and my tennis elbow would stop hurting. He was right I stop using it and it stopped hurting. It was keeping all the shock in the riser and hurting my elbow. Don't shoot with your elbow locked and with a little bend in it so your elbow doesn't take all the shock of the shot.