OK so i didn't shoot for seven weeks while on some major anti-inflammatory pills and then came the weekend of the 11th May and the first of this years Summer League matches what to do?
Well the Friday before I had an appointment to see the Doc' and see where to go from there, my elbow felt about 85% back to normal so it was decided that an injection into the joint, which would have made it effectively unusable for two to three days was not warranted. I asked what the are implications for me shooting without it fully healed and his reply was.
"Well it's going to aggravate it again and most likely put you back a bit on complete recovery, but having said that if it was me a few years ago and I had an important rugby match then I know I would have played. So there you are"
Well of course I shot and in the words of my thirteen year old son I shot "Meh!", 634 is hardly something to shout about. The effect on my elbow was OUCH!, by the end of the round I was really struggling to hold at full draw and not just let go, but it did seems to ease off quite quickly even without taking anything. Shooting again three days later felt pretty good up to the last one and a half dozen, with a score of 666. I then followed that four days later with a 734 and then three days after that with a 748, so that's two first class scores for this season and I really feel that there is better to come.
This was my first end and while not the highest scoring end it was my best group I had at 80 yrds.
Over these last two weeks what I have noticed is that my elbow seems to be standing up better each time I shoot and it is taking less time to recover after each session, so it seems that Laurie's advise was the best.
Well the Friday before I had an appointment to see the Doc' and see where to go from there, my elbow felt about 85% back to normal so it was decided that an injection into the joint, which would have made it effectively unusable for two to three days was not warranted. I asked what the are implications for me shooting without it fully healed and his reply was.
"Well it's going to aggravate it again and most likely put you back a bit on complete recovery, but having said that if it was me a few years ago and I had an important rugby match then I know I would have played. So there you are"
Well of course I shot and in the words of my thirteen year old son I shot "Meh!", 634 is hardly something to shout about. The effect on my elbow was OUCH!, by the end of the round I was really struggling to hold at full draw and not just let go, but it did seems to ease off quite quickly even without taking anything. Shooting again three days later felt pretty good up to the last one and a half dozen, with a score of 666. I then followed that four days later with a 734 and then three days after that with a 748, so that's two first class scores for this season and I really feel that there is better to come.
This was my first end and while not the highest scoring end it was my best group I had at 80 yrds.
Over these last two weeks what I have noticed is that my elbow seems to be standing up better each time I shoot and it is taking less time to recover after each session, so it seems that Laurie's advise was the best.
