Best weight to rehab a bad shoulder?

[LURP DOG]

I hurt my shoulder years ago and messed it up again recently messed it up again and could not shoot my bow (53# WHIP) this year. Was even hard to shoot my 45# Bear.

I want to start shooting again and want to know what would be a good weight to start back at.
I talked to 3Rivers and they suggest starting out at 35#.
What do ya'll think?

THANX
LURP DOG

[AWPForester]

Whatever weight you an pull esyily but still get some workout. God Bless

[elkken]

what ever wt your doctor says you can ....

[Bjorn]

I don't know your age or fitness level.........the 'thera bands' that are sold at rehab and exercise stores might be an idea for you they come in colors and various strengths you might also want to talk with a physical trainer and get an evaluation. That's how I started back after breaking my shoulder-for me 35# would have been way too much.

I would suggest doing some light weight slow motion training with dumb bells first. I find that doing the butterfly  very slowly with light dub bells helps keep my old shoulders centered, I also do a variety of other arm and shoulder exercises with them. Since i do not know what part of your shoulder is injured, I would hate to recommend more than the butterfly. Tendons and cartilage take a long time to heal, make sure that your shoulder can just tolerate the motion before adding bow pressure to it.

[LURP DOG]

Lucky for me I'm right handed and it's my left shoulder that's messed up. I tore a muscle in my shoulder.
My WHIP was a little heavy for me in the first place but it was a smooth shooter.
I recently sold it knowing that it was a little heavy as it was 53# @ 28" and I have a 29" draw.
I guess I got caught up in the beauty of the bow and had to have it.

A friend of mine suggested to get a SAGE takedown recurve since they are inexpensive and also shoot pretty good. 3Rivers also suggested this bow.
I thought about getting 1 @ 35# and practice with this to build up my shoulder then either get another bow or order heavier limbs for the SAGE.

LURP DOG

[DennyK]

Dave-Are you sure it's only a muscle and not tendon/rotator cuff related. If not do yourself a big favor and go see a doc. I've been through the shoulder thing and wish I would have had it taken care of sooner rather then later. Good Luck!

[arrow flynn]

My shoulders wake me up in the morning. Get an mrifor sure. Indian clubs are the real deal. Find a trainer.buy some 2or 3 lbers. They come w a Dvd.I they rehabed my tendnitismake my shoulders feel better. I can do 3to 4mins w 5lbers.it is what the pershians used 400 hundred Bc to develops shoulder strenght to swing their swords andotherweopens .the alternative is surgery for me.

[Night Wing]

When I had left shoulder surgery, a 35# recurve was what I shot to build up my shoulder strength to where it was before having my surgery.

Keep this in mind. A bow feels lighter in poundage if the length of the bow is longer. In other words, a 35#, 58" bow is going to feel harder to pull than a 35#, 66" bow.

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Go to a doctor.  They can actually examine you and tell you what your weight bearing status should be!  Dont take no internet advice.  You screw your shoulder up by listening to someone who ain't examined you, and 35# might end up being the heaviest you'll be able to pull.

[bianchijon]

Since it is your left arm, make sure the bow weight is light. One of the old Bears that weighs 1 1/2 pounds and pulls 32 to 36 pounds is good. When I had to go through the same thing I went down to 34 pounds. I found that using some really light carbon arrows like Carbon Ones worked well and the cast was pleasing enough that I shot it in 3D shoots for a year.

[LONGSTYKES]

Doctor can tell you the best way to handle your shoulder. Had my bow shoulder repaired 15 years after injury.

Two bone spurs, torn rotator cuff and torn biceps. After rehab, I started with a 30# bow and now ( three years later ).

I am shooting 55# at my draw. Takes time. God Bless Don

[David McLendon]

I had a C5 injury non archery related about a year and a half ago that greatly weakened the bicep and deltoid in my drawing arm. Although there was no muscle and only nerve injury that took forever to recover I used a '69 Bear Polar 28#@28 for over six months until the nerves started to regrow and I started slowly stepping up in draw weight.

[Ray Lyon]

There are lot's of low weight bows out there to use, but I'd follow the "get professional advice first before doing anything" above.  Everyone is different and someone elses "fix" here may be the worst thing you can be doing in your situation.  Good luck!( If you were close, I've even got an old 30# target recurve you could've picked up to use-paid $15 at a garage sale. )

[reddogge]

I'd see a doctor to fix what's wrong with you but forget about him telling you what pound bow to pull. When I asked my orthopedic surgeon the same question he was like a deer in the headlights. He didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

When I had a bone spur in my elbow I swear I couln't pull my grandkids' 20# Little Bear back. After I tore the tendon and they removed the spur at the same time I was shooting a 30# 62" target bow after rehab. In a month I was back to hunting weight bows with no residual effects.