I like to think I have a pretty high pain tolerance. I had my only child via c-section, I got bit by both of my dogs at the same time while i was pregnant resulting in 13 stitches and I had both of my knees operated on at the same time. However after having my surgeries on my wrists I thought it was going to be sooth sailing and I'd be back on me feet in no time. WRONG! My right hand has gotten so bad that to make a fist hurts, to move my fingers sends pain all the way up my arm and to bowl puts my hand through the wringer. I can't however stop myself from bowling. I remember my doctor telling me to do everything like I did before cause i can't hurt anything and thats what I've done. I also have been bowling really good since my right hand operation. My average has climbed 4 pins from 169 to 173 in a month and I've had 4 600 series and i think 10 plus 200 games which I think is phenominal this soon afterwards. My problem is I have to heavily wrap both hands, I wear a glove for the extra traction and I have resulted to taking pain meds right off the bat to counter act the pain and stiffness. It's not all bad though cause after the first game I loosen up to the point where I can bowl (or the pain meds kick in). I finally broke down and called my hand surgeon today to get some anti-inflammatories to try to kick this thing out of me. So the crossroad I am at is this. Do I take a few weeks off to try to heal myself not knowing if it's going to work or do I rough it out for the next 10 weeks and rest over the summer since I technically can't hurt anything and I do seem to be bowling well. I would appreciate EVERYONES feedback in this as I am torn about the whole situation! Thanks for reading!
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Dang Girl, i was just reading your blog and it appears your pain tollerance is even higher then mine,lol. When i was in league one yr not long ago, i was bowling fairly well, but i was in bad pain with my sliding knee. I shot 720 something that night. Couldn't put any weight on it the next day. Come to find out i tore the acl and mcl. Yet i only missed 1 week. Keep up the good work. |










If the fun you're having bowling outweighs the pain, and your doc says you can't damage it, then go for it!
ScottIf it were me, I might consider doing one week on, one week off, just to give it some time to rest in between 'workouts'.
Only you know how much you can tolerate though!
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