Shoulder pain from reeling
Mar 2, 2021 20:18:35 #
I used to fish all the time, like 3-4 days/week for 3-4 hours. Mostly wading in streams. I never had any type of pain or discomfort at all. I haven't been as much lately, maybe like 5x a year for the last few years.
I am experiencing shoulder discomfort/burning/pain after about an hour or so of casting. It's only in the left shoulder, which is the arm I reel with, and I only feel it when reeling. It gets to the point that I can barely keep reeling and really ruins fishing for me.
Any tips how to get past this? I really don't want to give up fishing. Maybe shoulder exercises? I don't know if it's just a muscle issue or something else
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by ecuavipes
I am experiencing shoulder discomfort/burning/pain after about an hour or so of casting. It's only in the left shoulder, which is the arm I reel with, and I only feel it when reeling. It gets to the point that I can barely keep reeling and really ruins fishing for me.
Any tips how to get past this? I really don't want to give up fishing. Maybe shoulder exercises? I don't know if it's just a muscle issue or something else
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by ecuavipes
Mar 2, 2021 20:43:12 #
Ecuavipes: I might suggest a visit to your family physician. That's their job. Just Sayin....RJS
Mar 2, 2021 20:56:13 #
FS Digest wrote:
I used to fish all the time, like 3-4 days/week fo... (show quote)
Sounds like maybe bursitis. See your doctor.
Mar 2, 2021 22:05:24 #
There are satisfactory treatments of bursitis. Just Sayin...RJS
Mar 3, 2021 06:40:51 #
There are lots of technical innovations out there with gear that make it more comfortable , less fatiguing . But if there is an underlying medical condition like Birsitisbor rotator cuff injury or arthritis , that should be addressed with a medical pro
Mar 3, 2021 10:47:36 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
I had trou9with my right elbow. Couldn't finish a 8hr tournament. Started wearing a compression sleeve seemed to help. Get it checked out. You may get away with a cortisone shot. I've had to in one knee 2 in shoulder 1 in wrist. They work for me n my wife. Plus my 85 yr old neighbor lady. Good luck.
Mar 3, 2021 13:11:25 #
mmadoc
Loc: santa rosa,CA
FS Digest wrote:
I used to fish all the time, like 3-4 days/week fo... (show quote)
Mar 3, 2021 13:24:03 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
FS Digest wrote:
I used to fish all the time, like 3-4 days/week fo... (show quote)
Switch to bait. You don’t have to reel it in as often.
Mar 3, 2021 13:49:39 #
Mar 3, 2021 14:55:44 #
Captain Lahti
Loc: Kennewick, WA
I diagnose this complaint as bursitis or tendinitis. I’m referring you to your family doctor who will likely refer you to an orthopedic surgeon, in interim I recommend Tylenol or your favorite non narcotic over the counter pain medication. You may be looking at some shots of cortisone or arthroscopic surgery to clean up arthritics or torn meniscus in the shoulder socket, or it may require you to learn to retrieve with the opposite hand. Take two Tylenol and call me next week.
Mar 3, 2021 16:41:05 #
Take turmeric curcumin it's a supplement herb and I had pain in my right shoulder (bone on bone) it took all the pain out of my shoulder. If you are on a blood thinner you can't take it. But this stuff works.
Mar 3, 2021 16:56:43 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
Hi Will. I started taking the same thing. Just opened 2nd bottle. As for now it seems to be working. Was taking bio flex for a good while. Body must have gotten use to it. Just wasn't working as well
Mar 3, 2021 17:33:05 #
first of all...go see what the doctor says. Second, dont tell him it hurts when you do this, cuz then he'll say"well dont do that".
Mar 3, 2021 19:11:34 #
I recommend using Blue Emo ointment. Available at Drugs Stores - Just rub it on where the hurt is. Not greasy and no order. Worth giving it a try!!!
Mar 3, 2021 20:55:19 #
Capt Dink
Loc: N J
FS Digest wrote:
I used to fish all the time, like 3-4 days/week fo... (show quote)
check with you doc but I use B C powder when my shoulders flare up it helps.
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