If you choose to shoot arrows in your backyard, the chances are that at some point, you’ve placed your targets low to the ground. This method of backyard target shooting might be much safer for your neighbours, but if you’re not doing it correctly, you might start to feel a nagging pain in your shoulder. That could lead to the most common backyard archery injury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many ways in which poor archery techniques can lead to long-term injury. Shooting at low targets with poor form can potentially give you one of the most problematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you aim down at something low to the ground, there is a tendency with new archers to lower the bow hand to point the arrow towards the target. But this movement puts the shoulders in a compromised position. It re-directs the forces travelling<\/strong> up the arm, and in turn, could lead to long-term pain and inflammation in the shoulder joint. To correctly disperse those forces<\/strong>, we need to keep the bow hand still and pivot forward from the waist to keep the shoulders in line. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article, we’ll look at which muscles are involved in the shoulder during archery. We’ll learn how to bulletproof those muscles to avoid inflammation, along with a couple of pointers when it comes to technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n