Author Topic: joint pain on ring finger (Read 25045 times)

kleptic · « **on:** September 09, 2007, 11:19:53 AM »

I have pretty extreme joint pain in the second joint of my ring finger.

I have been thinking about trying a conventional grip for that finger only and keeping my other finger finger tip.

I find that i'm not putting as much lift on the ball because of the pain in my ring finger. Also it hurts for like a week after I bowl and since I bowl a lot its pretty much been constantly swollen and stiff. I had to take my wedding band off because my finger was so swollen.

any opinions on this? would conventional grip on that finger even help with the pain? I've never bowled with a conventional grip in any form. I just assumed that it would put less pressure on my joint.

about forgot to add that I already had my pitches messed with a bit and went to oval inserts instead of lift inserts to try to take some pressure off but its not really helping.

onlybowling · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2007, 12:45:23 AM »

I wonder if most of your lift is generated by the ring finger...if you are deeper in the ball than the first joint...how you get to the final release position.
And what your release position is. As BrunsNick noted - a span that is not correct can create various problems as can pitches.

If the weight of the ball is transferred to the side of the finger during the release - pain in one or more joints is eventually unavoidable....
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Author Topic: joint pain on ring finger (Read 25045 times)

kleptic

joint pain on ring finger

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