What are the most common injuries associated with archery?

There are several common injuries in archery, especially recreational archery when one is learning form for shooting and how to use protective gear. read more

There are several common injuries in archery, especially recreational archery when one is learning form for shooting and how to use protective gear. The most common, as Todd Gardiner says, is hitting the inside of the bow arm at the elbow and forearm with the string. read more

Not all shoulder pains associated with archery involve injuries to the rotator cuff or other shoulder muscles. Bursitis can occur when the repeated actions of drawing the bowstring cause the fluid-filled bursae that provide padding for the tendons of the shoulder become inflamed. read more

Archery is a sport with a low reported incidence of associated injury. It can be expected that injury does occur because of the repetitive nature of the action of drawing a bow. Archers do not appear to recognize chronic aches and pains as being due to injury. read more