Repetitive Stress Injury from Pool?

VTEC John

VTEC John

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A friend went to see his neurologist due to pains in his arms. After eliminating other possible causes, the doc told him it must be repetitive stress injury from playing pool--and that he needs to quit. Years and years of heavy play, I could understand, but I can't believe this as my pal is 82, doesn't even get to the table much in a 3 hour session of Scotch Doubles 8 ball, and he never practices. Has anyone out there run across this? Any neurologists lurking out there? Thx
 
I believe pro George Breedlove dislocated or otherwise injured his shoulder with his strong break. Pool is not injury free, though I would think, more injuries would happen at the bar, rather than the table.
 
10 years ago as I was working on improving my fundamentals, there was a day where I was curious of what would happen if I kept my elbow perfectly still. Like, robot-hinged-locked in space with no movement at all…very unnatural. Would taking this idea to the extreme teach me anything?

I ran 50 balls in straight pool, shy of my 52 ball high run. Two days later I had massive golfers elbow that lasted almost a month. I ended up damaging something in my elbow and now I get a twinge of pain every now and then because of it. I think it is a permanent problem. I was only 32 years old.

Embarrassing, stupid. But true.
 
nataddrho said:
10 years ago as I was working on improving my fundamentals, there was a day where I was curious of what would happen if I kept my elbow perfectly still. Like, robot-hinged-locked in space with no movement at all…very unnatural. Would taking this idea to the extreme teach me anything?

I ran 50 balls in straight pool, shy of my 52 ball high run. Two days later I had massive golfers elbow that lasted almost a month. I ended up damaging something in my elbow and now I get a twinge of pain every now and then because of it. I think it is a permanent problem. I was only 32 years old.

Embarrassing, stupid. But true.
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This makes no anatomical sense to me
Golfer elbow is injury to the inside ligaments part of your elbow
Hard to imagine you pronating your forearm enough to cause golfer elbow from a fixed elbow
Jmho
Icbw
 
I got tennis elbow from playing too much. Had to lay off for a while and use a theraband. Now I put a cold pack on it if I play for more than an hour or so.
You can definitely get repetitive stress injury from anything. At 82, I think you can get it from tying your shoes.
 
Ummm…if im reading the post correctly the gentleman is 82….im no DR but i would say that age may be a factor of aches and pains regardless of he plays pool, golf, chess, pickleball, etc…
 
Neck problems will cause numbness in the arms. Barry Stark has a good video on it. Swimming, mobility drills, and playing opposite handed regularly can help combat overuse in pool. At 82 he will most likely struggle.
 
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VTEC John said:
Has anyone out there run across this? Any neurologists lurking out there?
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Yes, I have seen it.

I am an MD. No, I am not a neurologist. I supervise and teach them, have taught neurology board certification, including neuro critical care subspecialty boards.

It does not require a neurologist for diagnosis. I would be more confident with a neurologist diagnosis.

It sounds like you, or your friend, might doubt the diagnosis.

Age related changes likely contribute. With a true repetitive motion injury, the only true solution is to stop doing whatever is creating the problem.

The classic: It hurts when I do this. Don't do that.

I would hate to see a person lose the social interaction and physical activity. Likely that could contribute to age related decline.

There is the matter of tolerance. If one can moderate the activity, and tolerate the discomfort, a happy medium might be reached. Best to work with one's doctor on that. It is key to avoid exacerbation of the injury. Avoiding chronic use of medications to deal with it can be important as well.

Of course, you can always just ask in a pool forum and get a clown to respond. LOL!
 
nataddrho said:
10 years ago as I was working on improving my fundamentals, there was a day where I was curious of what would happen if I kept my elbow perfectly still. Like, robot-hinged-locked in space with no movement at all…very unnatural. Would taking this idea to the extreme teach me anything?

I ran 50 balls in straight pool, shy of my 52 ball high run. Two days later I had massive golfers elbow that lasted almost a month. I ended up damaging something in my elbow and now I get a twinge of pain every now and then because of it. I think it is a permanent problem. I was only 32 years old.

Embarrassing, stupid. But true.
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It's probably a "damn the tensions, full 'speed' ahead" thing. Pool'll do that when something's on the line.
 
Chopdoc said:
Yes, I have seen it.

I am an MD. No, I am not a neurologist. I supervise and teach them, have taught neurology board certification, including neuro critical care subspecialty boards.

It does not require a neurologist for diagnosis. I would be more confident with a neurologist diagnosis.

It sounds like you, or your friend, might doubt the diagnosis.

Age related changes likely contribute. With a true repetitive motion injury, the only true solution is to stop doing whatever is creating the problem.

The classic: It hurts when I do this. Don't do that.

I would hate to see a person lose the social interaction and physical activity. Likely that could contribute to age related decline.

There is the matter of tolerance. If one can moderate the activity, and tolerate the discomfort, a happy medium might be reached. Best to work with one's doctor on that. It is key to avoid exacerbation of the injury. Avoiding chronic use of medications to deal with it can be important as well.

Of course, you can always just ask in a pool forum and get a clown to respond. LOL!
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Many thanks, ChopDoc.
 
bbb said:
This makes no anatomical sense to me
Golfer elbow is injury to the inside ligaments part of your elbow
Hard to imagine you pronating your forearm enough to cause golfer elbow from a fixed elbow
Jmho
Icbw
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You are right. It is tennis elbow. On the outside. Near the olecranon.
 
nataddrho said:
You are right. It is tennis elbow. On the outside. Near the olecranon.
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Even tennis elbow, which I have had several times because I do play tennis
It’s hard for me to understand to get from Pool unless you break a lot in nine ball or eight ball and gripping the cue very tightly
But if you say that, that’s what you have and that’s how you got it
I have to believe you
 
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