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Shale Junior Member Offline Posts: 74 Canada Gender:	Slings and Bones May 3^rd, 2019 at 5:40pm The skeleton of an archer recovered from the Mary Rose was affected by a lifetime drawing a heavy bow. https://www.google.ca/search?q=archer+mary+rose&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0a... I wonder what effect (if any) a lifetime of slinging would have on the skeleton.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11395 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Slings and Bones Reply #1 - May 3^rd, 2019 at 10:55pm Interesting question. I have no idea. Perhaps a member who is a medical professional can answer it.
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Reply #2 - May 4^th, 2019 at 3:04am

not an expert. Tongue

slingers would have what baseball pitchers have, maybe to a lesser degree since we use slings. throwing side has more degrees of external rotation than internal rotation, this becomes obvious in most throwers when stretching. this is not only just a muscle flexibility thing , throwing changes bones .

from a quick search https://treadathletics.com/external-rotation-throw-harder/
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A long history of throwing (humeral retroversion – the actual warping of the humeral head itself, was shown to account for about 10.6 degrees of increased external rotation motion in pro pitchers who have been throwing since childhood)

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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3078 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Slings and Bones Reply #3 - May 4^th, 2019 at 6:11am The shoulders would probably become arthritic from use.
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Reply #4 - May 5^th, 2019 at 10:49am

I was a professional tennis player. I cross trained with slinging all through my teenage years.

My right arm is 1 inch longer than my left measuring from elbow to finger tips. Much more if you measure from shoulder to finger tips.

What Sorach mentioned above also applies.

I think if I trained as hard in slinging as I did with tennis, the result would be similar.

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cram Descens Offline yeet Posts: 101	Re: Slings and Bones Reply #5 - May 9^th, 2019 at 3:22am I remember C_A saying something about luis' elbow
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Curious Aardvark Slinging.org Administrator Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 12082 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slings and Bones Reply #6 - May 9^th, 2019 at 6:45am only that he buggered it up in israel. Hasn't been 100% since.
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TOMBELAINE Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 35 france Gender:	Re: Slings and Bones Reply #7 - May 14^th, 2019 at 7:41am hello, It's the first time I see this photo with the skeleton. The diference of the arms is very impressive. I enjoy to see it. Thanks
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