Tony,
I wouldn't get out of bowling totally. Frankly, the game needs people who know about the game to help kids and people who just need a smart coach. You could do more for the game than you know. But unless you really are sure you want to quit, I'd keep my equipment, though I went permanently down a pound to 15 rather than throwing a mixture, because I think you will want to try later and its better to have stuff that you feel comfortable with to start.
I have chronic, serious, wrist extensor tendinitis. At the last major flare-up, I became so weak I couldn't apply even 6 pounds of pressure with my bowling hand. I took off the summer, spending six weeks in a special brace with therapy three times a week, and at home rehab exercises twice a day. My strength is just now coming back, a year after the first signs of the last flare-up. If yours, like mine, is chronic with an acute flare-up, you'll never be rid of it. However, you can reduce the strain on your wrist by using a brace and rolling the ball more end over end (less twisting) and not creating speed or revs with a "wrist snap".
As to therapy to get rid of the addiction...first, you must admit you are a bowlaholic. Then you must decide never to take another...game. Or, you can just ... well, its tough, because with the wrist, you can't do much, maybe become a movie addict.
On a selfish note, if you have any nice 15lb equipment, let me know....
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"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings."Edited on 3/19/2004 12:52 PM
