Sore spot

[Stone Knife]

Does anyone else ever get a sore spot kind of like chapping on the side of your lip if you shoot a lot. I had experienced this before but had not had it in awhile till all the shooting i did last weekend. I'm not sure if it is from my glove or nock. Or maybe a flaw in my form. I like to bring my middle finger to the corner of my mouth when i come to full draw this is my anchor point. Any thoughts?

[doctorbrady]

Gosh,
I wish mine was only on my lip.  I extended my anchor back a few years ago to gain some draw length.  It worked well for me until last summer when I started wearing a hole in my face.  I would leave a blood trail across the yard every time that I shot...really.  I ended up developing a flinch that I am just now overcoming.  I changed my again, just a smidge, and am back to shooting well.  Most of the abrasion for me was coming from my sting and nocking point, though my tab was also whacking me a bit.  I changed from a braided serving, went to a tied on nock instead of the brass one, and switched to a glove.  All of those changes helped me.  In fact, I shot a new bow last weekend with a brass nocking point and still have a little scab on my cheek to show.  Hopefully, by changing one or more of those things you will be able to solve your problem. Brady

[catfishon]

i tried to shoot with a tab awhile back. shot good untill my lip started bleeding ,went back to glove

[Jmatt1957]

Same problem as you. I started placing the string deeper into my fingers.That solved my problem right away. Never did figure out what was cutting my lip.

[swampbuck]

Can't say as though my lip has ever gotten in the way but I have in the past leaned my head into the shot and have the string peal the skin off the end of my nose.In that case and perhaps yours it was a form issue...Getting a better line(skeletal) AND maintaining back tension THRU the shot helped me.Haven't hit my nose in sometime now (knock on wood LOL)

Good luck