Tony_the_tiger
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Well, after all this shooting of light-weight revolvers, I have developed a bit of pain and subjective weakness in my main hand that has lasted over 5 days since my last range trip. Getting it checked out by an orthopedic specialist on Friday to determine if it is any of the following:
a)fractures from recoil
b)osteo-arthritis
c)nerve compression/carpal tunnel
d)neurodegenerative condition
e)damage from swelling
f)something else
g)nothing at all
Although my primary care physician could not detect any loss of strength or coordination from his initial physical tests relative to my other hand, this hand feels heavier than the other hand, has a chronic ache from the wrist to the tip if the fingers and in all the joints, wants to curl up when held open, hurts worse at night, and has slight tremors when lifting heavy objects.
I had started using shooting gloves and limiting my range time, but it was not enough to prevent injury.
Anyone else have long-term trouble from shooting heavy recoiling, light-weight firearms? I'm relatively young and shoot relatively sparsely, but this has impacted me enough to get it checked out.
Best,
-Triple T
a)fractures from recoil
b)osteo-arthritis
c)nerve compression/carpal tunnel
d)neurodegenerative condition
e)damage from swelling
f)something else
g)nothing at all
Although my primary care physician could not detect any loss of strength or coordination from his initial physical tests relative to my other hand, this hand feels heavier than the other hand, has a chronic ache from the wrist to the tip if the fingers and in all the joints, wants to curl up when held open, hurts worse at night, and has slight tremors when lifting heavy objects.
I had started using shooting gloves and limiting my range time, but it was not enough to prevent injury.
Anyone else have long-term trouble from shooting heavy recoiling, light-weight firearms? I'm relatively young and shoot relatively sparsely, but this has impacted me enough to get it checked out.
Best,
-Triple T
to each his or her own. I used to aim with my right eye until a good friend watched me and told me I kept trying to tilt my head to the right so as to view the target with my left eye after shooting. So I started aiming with my left eye and suddenly my groups narrowed in wonderfully and there was much rejoicing.
