I try to avoid sexism... I sincerely wish those of the alternate gender would do likewise.Well done Westy....you avoided mentioning big tits :smile:
Life's full of disappointments though.
I try to avoid sexism... I sincerely wish those of the alternate gender would do likewise.Well done Westy....you avoided mentioning big tits :smile:
L. O. L.I try to avoid sexism... I sincerely wish those of the alternate gender would do likewise.
Life's full of disappointments though.
Definitely interested please. I have sent you a pm.Can't help you on the clay front as I haven't been shooting that long,but on the target shooting front,most of the 10m rifle shooters I know suffer from some form of lower back problem,probably caused by the stress put on it by the stance position and weight of the rifle,completely agree with Nicola on the need for good core strength in that respect.
I mainly shoot air pistol,and last year had a shoulder impingement,which inflamed the tendons,causing my shoulder to lock as I raised the pistol,I worked with a sports physio on exercises to improve this based on the motions gone through to shoot,it took a few months,but in the end worked really well,and have not had any recurring problems.
For target shooting you have to develop and tone specific slow twitch muscles,and there are some specific exercises that are very beneficial,if you can get a copy of the last NSRA magazine there is a very good article on this,if not I am happy to photocopy and post you a copy.
If you want more details of the exercises we worked out for my shoulder problem let me know,would be happy to talk you through it on the phone. Neale
Deltoid muscle strains can be a pain (no pun intended) you can obviously pick one up doing many things and my guess is that it wasn't shooting that caused it, Deltiods are split into three heads and it could be anyone of the three causing pain, and usually more painfull when your arms are raised more so with the humerus coming up shoulder level. Having spent twenty years or more as a bodybuilder (packed in now) i suffered my fair share of deltoid strains and can only say they can take weeks months and even years to ease my advice would be to gently warm up shoulder muscles for five mins before shooting and raise the gun as slowly poss and eventually it will go but oddly enough you can suffer for so long that when the pain goes you don't even realise. :fan:
I have to agree with you on this.i'am 5.7" and 10 stone and have never suffered with recoil problems. and I know several much larger shooters who have a lot trouble with it
I think there's a bit more to it than that, I suspect it lot to do with how recoil is dissipated into and through different physiques, how much they grip the gun and where and whether for instance they instinctively lean into the shot or not. Big is good if it can take all the recoil without reaching that individuals threshold, I have an unproven theory that recoil can be absorbed into a big heavy shoulder whereas it pushes a lighter one away and since the shoulder is attached to the rest of the frame, then the whole frame is riding the recoil, another day may have had me put it into words more coherently.
O/k I've never had any symptoms of recoil problems.Everyone suffers recoil even if they do not feel it.......fact.
Sorry to disappoint the toughies out there :smile:
Yet.....!O/k I've never had any symptoms of recoil problems.
the best way to differentiate is to come and see a physio.... :biggrin:For those of us of a certain age with a previous active sporting and part manual work past how do you differentiate between a "new" injury or an aggravated old injury? Also as seen at many a ground we are all different shapes sizes and lifestyles which would also affect injury possibility.
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