Hand & Wrist Injury & Pains from bowling

When it comes to bowling injuries, one of the major hot spots is the hand or wrist. After all, when you’re using your hands to propel a bowling ball in the 15 to 16 pound range on a regular basis, you’re using a lot of muscles and tendons. It stands to reason that you could develop problems with those muscles and tendons, especially if you aren’t using the proper mechanics when you bowl.

Bowler’s Tendinitis:

Bowler’s Tendinitis, which is sometimes spelled “Tendonitis”, is a very common injury for bowlers. Although it could affect several parts of your body, including your elbow, it often seems to target the wrist of a bowler. That’s especially true for someone who bowls on a regular basis (at least twice a week).  Bowler’s Tendinitis is, basically, an inflammation or irritation of a tendon. In plain English, that means that you can have an ache or pain each time that you try to swing the bowling ball. It doesn’t just affect your bowling game, though.

Tendonitis can take anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks, or in extreme cases months, to heal properly. During that time, it can make other actions just as painful. Anything from signing your name on a document to pouring your morning coffee can become a major pain. Whether it’s a sharp immediate pain or a constant uncomfortable ache will depend on your specific case, but either way, you want to avoid Bowler’s Tendinitis if at all possible.

One major cause of the problem is using a ball that doesn’t fit your fingers properly. Bowling should be a fluid motion that is actually mostly accomplished by your ball, not your arm or hand. The momentum of the ball should create the desired swing.

The trouble is that, if your ball doesn’t fit your hand properly, you have to adjust everything. You may have to squeeze the ball tightly so you don’t drop it, for instance. That squeezing could cause your wrist to be completely in the wrong position, to to mention the alignment of the rest of your body. That can cause your game to suffer, but it can also cause your tendons and joints to suffer, too. So, that’s one big cause of Bowler’s Tendinitis.

Another cause of Bowler’s Tendinitis is simple genetics. Some people just have weaker or smaller hands than others. Since all bowling balls are more or less the same size, that means that different people have to hold their ball in a slightly different way to achieve the desired result. If you like to bowl, but your hands just weren’t designed for it, you could be at higher risk.

Two other big causes are too much repetition and impatience. If you repeat the same motions over and over again many times in a short period it can put undue stress on your tendons and joints. That can cause swelling and pain. Also, if you already have an injury and don’t allow it to heal properly before bowling again, that can lead to tendinitis.

Bowler’s Thumb:

Bowler’s Thumb is another of the common bowling injuries associated with the hand. It happens when nerves are damaged in your thumb. Again, that’s an issue that has to do with the wrong size bowling ball. In this case, it happens when the thumb hole isn’t the right size to accommodate your thumb comfortably. The resulting numbness or pain can really throw off your game.

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