How do you get rid of archery shoulder pains?

Answer 1

Usually, people try and stretch out their neck and shoulder prior to extended practice or hunting. Some work the muscles in those areas after with, say, a tennis ball or other massaging techniques even after a practice session.

Others say its less about stretching, and more about limiting yourself to only so much time practicing Archery every day to build up those muscles that not be able to take strenuous periods of use.

You may also want to check the pull weight on your bow (unless its a compound) to decide if you may be pulling too much weight. I pull a traditional recurve at 40# and began practicing only a couple hours a day until I was able to build up my neck and shoulder muscles.

Proper stance and form may also play a big part in how your muscles react to tension, and archery uses nearly everything above the abdomen. If you check out a few videos or online resources about proper archery stance and begin adapting all of these suggestions to your routine. You'll notice that a large percentage of the pull is less about your neck and shoulders, but more about your back muscles flexing together. Once you begin training your body to pull and release in this fashion, your pain should subside if not dissipate over time.

Everyone has a different method, but don't overwork yourself or else much of what you build up to can suffer at a pulled muscle or strain that can set you back a couple weeks.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

You cant so much treat it as deal with it by either stopping the pain it causes with analgesics or also dealing with the inflammation that is doing the damage that is causing the pain. in that case you will be dealing with anti inflammatory or in the case of autoimmune disease disease modifying drugs.