OK so everything has been going smoothly so far this year, I got my new limbs and have been building up to longer rounds with the extra weight and my scores are coming back, to where they were at the end of last season, and then..... medial epicondylitis or golfers elbow.....really? an archer who has never swung a club suffering from golfers elbow.
Well it would seem to be a fairly common affliction for archers, it is basically a tear/damage to the point at which the muscle group the works your fingers is anchored on the inside edge of your elbow (right about where the string hits if you fluff a release but on the drawing arm not the bow arm. In this case it is a result of the strain from holding the string on your fingers. So I'll have to get to the quack and get it checked out ( self diagnosis so far which is never a good idea) and see what is to be done, it can be a 6-9 month recovery, but hopefully it will not be that bad. Then just to hammer the nail in I can off my bike (push not motor) a fortnight again and managed to land on my left elbow so I am completely crippled at the moment. I am not going to try shooting anymore until I have had my right elbow looked at, just in case I aggravate it. But I am going to have to wait ten days to get an appointment, by which time my bashed elbow will most likely be better and hopefully it will be good new and I can maybe wear a splint and keep shooting because I really do not want to take the whole of this season off.
