Hello all,

I have finally started league regularly again but am starting to have a problem.  I have a finger injury that is about 3 years old.  It flares up more so than used to and it seems I'm going to have to make a change.  It is the first joint of my middle finger.  I know we can play around with pitches and might get lucky, but I was wandering about shortening my span to a semi fingertip on the middle finger.  Has anyone tried this and if so how did it go?
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Pain in the first finger joint (closest to the fingernail) can also be caused by insufficient reverse pitch for the flexibility of the joint.  A good fitter will check your joint flexibility and give you the correct pitch.  --  JohnP

JustRico -- True, spans are critical.  But in dealing with my customers using balls drilled by someone else, I've found that most of the time their spans are correct.  But I've had quite a few that have stiff joints, that I would use 1/2 - 3/4 reverse on, that are throwing balls with forward pitch.  And even with the correct spans finger joint pain results.  I am an example of this.  Before I learned to fit and drill my finger holes were drilled at 1/4 forward pitch.  My ring finger joint hurt every time I bowled.  After learning to fit and checking my own joint flexibility, I changed that to 3/4 reverse and no more pain.  Also, no loss of revs.  --  JohnP