Post surgery issues?

Riceburner

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(not sure if this is the right place,but....)

Just had my gall bladder out on Saturday, still sore and waiting for the keyhole wounds to heal, but has anyone else had similar, and did you have any issues getting back to shooting?
I'm in fairly good health otherwise, although coming up to 40 years of age, normally shoot field with a 60lb horsebow. Will dig out my old 36lb Hurricane for my first practise.
 

Vagabond

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Fractured 2 ribs & big toe while running cross-country - tripped over a tree root and went flying, downhill. The flying was great! But the landing needs more work, sigh!
GP inspected the damage and told me not to do any sports at all for 12 weeks.

I lasted less than 48 hours. I gave in and went down the archery field: it was VERY painful to pull arrows from the boss, almost as painful to walk back & forth to the boss and to drive the car. But, would you believe it ? ('cos I don't) then went on to shoot 6 PBs over the next month or so!
The pain meant that I had to
(a) Take every arrow nice and slowly
(b) Relax just about every muscle in my torso.

However, I wouldn't recommend any 60 lb bow!

H
 

Dave

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They tried to remove my GB about 4 years ago (and failed); I gave it a couple of weeks after the stitches were removed before attempting to shoot. But do check with your surgeon before attempting to!
 

Little Miss Purple

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(not sure if this is the right place,but....)

Just had my gall bladder out on Saturday, still sore and waiting for the keyhole wounds to heal, but has anyone else had similar, and did you have any issues getting back to shooting?
I'm in fairly good health otherwise, although coming up to 40 years of age, normally shoot field with a 60lb horsebow. Will dig out my old 36lb Hurricane for my first practise.

I had major abdominal surgery a few years back although I was shooting compound.. Aard took all my bows off me so I couldn't shoot! When I finally got 1 back it was 26# rather than my heavier 50#. It was like shooting with knicker elastic! All joking aside.. It wasn't the shooting off the bow that was any issue, it was the pulling of he arrows. Be sensible and give yourself time to heal enough so you don't cause further damage :beer:
 
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peveka

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Just realise that a "keyhole operation" does allmost the same damage inside as a "normal" op,you just don't see it. A wound normaly needs about 3-4 weeks to more or less heal, after 3-4 months you're on the safe side. Give it time, take it easy, most important: don't cause any pain. I restarted shooting after 6 weeks after a defi-inplant. Hurt like hell but all went well ;) btw, I'm a physio... so much to professional advice ;) Get well soon!
 

MrT

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I had major surgery for bowel cancer almost two years ago, and it took me four months to start shooting again. Take it easy, use a light bow to start with, and if it hurts, don't do it!
I started back just turning up and scoring for my mates, walking back and forwards 100yds is surprisingly tiring when you are recuperating!

I'm coming up to 64, so as a youngster, you should heal faster ;-)

Good luck!
 

Rabid Hamster

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subacromial decompression in my bow shoulder
took 3 months to work the pain out and get a little strength back. rather than going back to my recurve, I bought a light draw horsebow and used that as a rehab bow till I had worked out all the pain. Downgraded my limbs on my recurve and shot light ones till I was back to normal although that took best part of a year (till my scores were exceeding what they had before the op)
 

TexARC

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My experience does not match yours in the "induced trauma" department but I have a lot of experience working with athletes (para, mainly) and physiotherapists. (PTs, here in the Yew Ess). I witnessed one young lady suffer the equivalent of two broken femurs AND a broken hip, in a December 15 (the day of a Harry Potter debut film) 18 hour surgery, and thanks greatly to her PT, by February learn to walk again (thanks to rods, pins, and screws in all the bones), shoot from a wheelchair at the US Indoor Nationals, by the Arizona Cup, shoot from a bar stool, and by the Texas Shootout, standing without crutches.
All completely impossible without the expert ministrations of a PT. (and not a little gumption on her part).
There is little intelligence in self-damage during recovery from a surgical procedure, I think. While a endoscopic procedure is NOT as insulting to the body as a good old fashioned slice and dice procedure, were it me, would follow the recommendations and guidance of a good PT. Worth their weight in gold, esp. if they are physical sports specialists to boot. You'll likely come out better than you went in...

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My experience does not match yours in the "induced trauma" department but I have a lot of experience working with athletes (para, mainly) and physiotherapists. (PTs, here in the Yew Ess). I witnessed one young lady suffer the equivalent of two broken femurs AND a broken hip, in a December 15 (the day of a Harry Potter debut film) 18 hour surgery, and thanks greatly to her PT, by February learn to walk again (thanks to rods, pins, and screws in all the bones), shoot from a wheelchair at the US Indoor Nationals, by the Arizona Cup, shoot from a bar stool, and by the Texas Shootout, standing without crutches.
All completely impossible without the expert ministrations of a PT. (and not a little gumption on her part).
There is little intelligence in self-damage during recovery from a surgical procedure, I think. While a endoscopic procedure is NOT as insulting to the body as a good old fashioned slice and dice procedure, were it me, would follow the recommendations and guidance of a good PT. Worth their weight in gold, esp. if they are physical sports specialists to boot. You'll likely come out better than you went in...
 
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