Strained wrist

[Greenman]

One of our juniors has strained her wrist, the drawing hand, no bruising visable. Any ideas as to how she did it, and if so, what to do about it? Low Poundage bow, and no previous problems.

[napolienne]

Wrist stiff/cocked at reference?

[moo-mop]

Too deep a hook, or too shallow, can both lead to problems in the drawing wrist.

[MisterB]

She doen't do anything else that invloves a lot of repetative wrist movement does she? e.g. typing, other sports (e.g. badminton)?

The only thing I can think of is possible RSI if she does.

[Furface]

Has she recently grown at all? This does odd things to all joints. LF strained her wrist at just such a phase. Her forearm had lengthened, and so, by drawing to the usual reference, and bringing her elbow back to the same place she unwittingly cocked her wrist, putting it in a weak, easily strainable position. She now shoots with a wrist stiffener (as used in 10-pin bowling).

[dino1300]

Tension in the drawing hand will cause quite a bit of discomfort after shooting.

It may be a twisting of the forearm, or pulling through a clicker (if there is one) using the wrist or finger muscles, not the back muscles.

[Kae]

got out of bed?

Muscular injuries can be caused by almost anything.

When did the pain start and where is it located exactly?

Kae.

[Greenman]

Thanks for the input, suspect it was a cocked wrist, will keep an eye on what she is doing plus will take a wrist stiffener in case it looks like being a recurring problem. She has a very thin wrist.

[Neo]

tell her to get a YORK or a NIKE wrist support and try shooting witht hat. I have bad wrists and sometimes this helps and you can strap them up tight when shooting.

[ThePinkOne]

Originally Posted by Neo

tell her to get a YORK or a NIKE wrist support and try shooting witht hat. I have bad wrists and sometimes this helps and you can strap them up tight when shooting.

I disagree- first thing to do is suss out (a) what is causing the pain and (b) if there is any underlying problem/condition which can be fixed. All a support is likely to do is mask the problem until it becomes worse IMHO.

Sound like the idea of wearing supportive ankle boots all the time if you have "weak" ankles after an injury- actually the worst thing you can do as they just weaken further, whereas the correct strengthening exercises will rebuild and strengthen the muscles and ligaments. Or so the physio I saw at the time told me and time and doing the exercises proved her right.

P.