May 2013 I ruptured my bicep tendon away from the elbow that required immediate surgery. Even a little over a year after the surgery I still have a lot of problems. Between my bicep and 2 back surgeries I cannot shoot over 40# anymore. My grips is significantly weaker than it used to be from where the tendon tore from my forearm.

Best wishes and good luck to you!

With regard to cause & effect, how many of these injuries may be directly related to traditional archery?

Not mine

Tore (not ruptured) mine - right and shoot right - about a year ago in awkward fall. Initial pain and huge instant bruising. You can see the bicep rolled up a bit. Still shoot the same weight. Only issue is a bit of pain while trying to flex hard - so I don't. As with others, everything I read said the best time for surgery was ASAP and the window closes fast for effectiveness.

I ruptured mine so I didn't really have a choice on surgury.  Seven years later I have a scar but no other ill effects.  Still shooting the same bows I shot before.

My injury was not archery related.  I did follow the Dr's orders and completed my rehab.  I was out of shooting for at least 5 months

Mine was not archery related...and I'm back to shooting my 64# longbow like nothing happened...and have a vow to a guy to kill an animal with a bow he missed weight on that I want to fulfill before I'm too old to do so.  Hopefully I'll get it done next year when I'm 50.

Dang Ruger!  

Hang in there. I hope the fix works out well for you Fred and you get back to shooting your Toelke Super D.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Billy

QuoteOriginally posted by cobullelk:
With regard to cause & effect, how many of these injuries may be directly related to traditional archery?

both of my ruptures,noted earlier, were hunting related but not related directly to shooting a traditional bow, and both happenned 2 years apart but within a couple days of each other. mid October, made it a little difficult to hunt and climb trees and shoot my 60 lb recurve, but i found a way untill surgery,

Fred,
I had exactly that injury on my drawing arm.
I elected to NOT have surgery and rehabbed the injury myself. I slowly started with curling a very light weight multiple times many times a day. I slowly increased the weight over time until strength returned.
When I returned to shooting, I actually improved because I was forced to focus on drawing with my back. I'm 60 now and able to shoot 60# bows easily and train with 70#.
 The key I believe is go light with the weights and resist the temptation to rush the process.
 Good luck. You should be able to comfortably get back into shooting.
                 Todd