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Shale
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Slings and Bones
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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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Interesting question. I have no idea. Perhaps a member who is a medical professional can answer it.
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not an expert.
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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The shoulders would probably become arthritic from use.
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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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I remember C_A saying something about luis' elbow
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only that he buggered it up in israel.
Hasn't been 100% since.
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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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