buzz meeks
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Hello. I'm reaching my mid-thirties and some shooting-related health issues are starting to rear their ugly heads. Basically, I have some tendonitis in my forearm and some repetitive stress pains that are as yet undiagnosed. Feels a bit like CTS but not completely. Also, I have some old breaks in my strong hand that feel a bit arthritic at times. Sometimes after a day of shooting, and for a day or two thereafter, my hand and wrist are sore and stiff.
The first thing I intend to do is go get a doctor's advice and/or treatment because I intend to shoot handguns well into old age. But I also want to know if double-action revolver shooting is going to harm me. I know internet medical advice is worth exactly what I paid for it, but what do you folks think? What's your experience been? So again, will a modest volume of double action revolver shooting- say one hundred live rounds a week and ten times that dry fire a week- cause me more injury and grief? Or are there possibly any benefits?
Thanks in advance for you input and thanks also for a great forum.
The first thing I intend to do is go get a doctor's advice and/or treatment because I intend to shoot handguns well into old age. But I also want to know if double-action revolver shooting is going to harm me. I know internet medical advice is worth exactly what I paid for it, but what do you folks think? What's your experience been? So again, will a modest volume of double action revolver shooting- say one hundred live rounds a week and ten times that dry fire a week- cause me more injury and grief? Or are there possibly any benefits?
Thanks in advance for you input and thanks also for a great forum.