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Anyone get soreness in their elbow from swinging?

I developed severe tendonitis in my elbow from throwing the javelin in college. I tried everything medically available in the late 60s but was not able to find a cure. After months of therapy and seeing several specialists, I had to give up the javelin throw. Although I have big time problems with my back and knees, swinging a detector has never bothered my elbows. However, even 50 years later my elbow does hurt when I just think of throwing a javelin.
 
My arms don't get sore usually (maybe because I'm still quite young), but I notice that when my finds pouch starts getting full (unfortunately full of rubbish!), my left hip starts to hurt when I walk, so I either have to slow down, or empty the pouch.
 
My Garrett ACE 400 came with a medium size coil that weighed a lot for it's size.I never used the coil.Sold it on Ebay.I replaced it with a 5X 8 " coil which weighed 75% less than the stock coil.It's a coin shooter delux.Finds coins others missed.Going in between the junk to find the good.I can swing this thing all day.No problem.Anyways,you may think of going that route.Small and light. Now if I could just fix my knees..(
 
I know this sounds weird, but when I find my arm getting sore from swinging the 705 with the 15" GWOT, I switch my thumb position on my swinging arm. Instead of holding the handle like normal (right hand, 4 fingers on the right of the handle and your thumb on the left), I move my thumb over to the right side, on top of my index finger and just relax. It makes a huge difference. I know, weird, but it works for me.

The other thing is to relax your grip on the handle. Some times I find myself really holding on tight when I don't need to.
 
spenglure said:
Last year I started to develop soreness in my swinging elbow. I move pretty fast to cover a lot of ground in fields, lifting the coil many times to get over crop stubble. The soreness stays days after detecting. I know swinging with weight is not something your body was naturally intended to do. I feel like it might be like a tennis elbow thing starting. Anyone else ever experience this? Any remedies/solutions or tips? There’s no strap on the arm cuff of my T2 maybe thats applying non-typical strain. Thanks for any help.
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For me the soreness only happens when I do unusual hunting. ie: On a beach on vacation for hours at a time when that is not my norm. Yup... I end up pretty sore.
 
chillforlife said:
I know this sounds weird, but when I find my arm getting sore from swinging the 705 with the 15" GWOT, I switch my thumb position on my swinging arm. Instead of holding the handle like normal (right hand, 4 fingers on the right of the handle and your thumb on the left), I move my thumb over to the right side, on top of my index finger and just relax. It makes a huge difference. I know, weird, but it works for me.

The other thing is to relax your grip on the handle. Some times I find myself really holding on tight when I don't need to.
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That sounds good I’ll have to try that thanks!
 
MrNovice said:
Worst part is, it’s one of those injuries that takes weeks for the soreness to clear up. Almost like internal bruising, maybe from repetitive hyperextension or something?
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Exactly, I feel the exact same way. Takes forever to go away. Just this annoying soreness.
 
Sven said:
Welcome to old age creeping in. Common issue with many these days. Thats why we switch to lighter and more balanced detectors. An option is buying a detector harness.
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Any suggestions for a harness?
 
I run a T2 also. A couple things to be careful of is to watch how much you swing with just your wrist. I found that if I used to much wrist motion the arm cuff would move all over the place.

The other thing I do is I swing more from my shoulder and less from the elbow. My elbow stays straighter and I cover more area with the swing of the coil.

Give this a try, hope it helps.

Ray
 
I'm OK with both my Bounty Hunters (Calvin and Hobbes) but with the Minelab (Madame X) the shaft and arm extensions WON'T compress any farther town and I an stuck with an arm rest that *should* be about mid to upper forearm, actually resting ON my elbow joint! I wish MineLabs came with more adjustable shafts! People DO come in smaller lengths, y'know! :D
I'd shorten it further, myself, but I don't have a way to drill a hole in a tube..

Sage(Hey! Down HERE!)Grouse
 
RayK said:
I run a T2 also. A couple things to be careful of is to watch how much you swing with just your wrist. I found that if I used to much wrist motion the arm cuff would move all over the place.

The other thing I do is I swing more from my shoulder and less from the elbow. My elbow stays straighter and I cover more area with the swing of the coil.

Give this a try, hope it helps.

Ray
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Thanks Ray. I like that idea. I will give it a try! Thanks!
 
I had it bad, really bad, from installing cedar shakes over an entire house. It would wake me up at night the pain was so bad. Long story short. Went to the doctor, at her advice, I started wearing a strap on my forearm, just below my elbow. They're sold at the drug store where all the braces are. It's just a single strap with Velcro to adjust. I didn't wear it at night. However, she told me to put an ice pack on my elbow at night. Fifteen minutes on, fifteen off etc. I'd take an anti inflammatory like advil, Ibuprofen etc. I did it religiously for a week. It completely solved the problem. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. Now, if I'm going out for a long day of swinging (a hammer or a detector) I put that strap on and I've never had the problem since. You really should try it.

PS, if you don't address it, it will get much worse.
 
flyguy784 said:
I had it bad, really bad, from installing cedar shakes over an entire house. It would wake me up at night the pain was so bad. Long story short. Went to the doctor, at her advice, I started wearing a strap on my forearm, just below my elbow. They're sold at the drug store where all the braces are. It's just a single strap with Velcro to adjust. I didn't wear it at night. However, she told me to put an ice pack on my elbow at night. Fifteen minutes on, fifteen off etc. I'd take an anti inflammatory like advil, Ibuprofen etc. I did it religiously for a week. It completely solved the problem. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. Now, if I'm going out for a long day of swinging (a hammer or a detector) I put that strap on and I've never had the problem since. You really should try it.

PS, if you don't address it, it will get much worse.
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Very good advice - thanks so much for the response!! I will be picking one up!
 
Swinging my Safari for a year going up and down slopes on long hunts gave me tendonitis (tennis elbow) and got too painful for me to continue with the Safari.

I bought an Equinox 600 and now I can swing again.
 
Yup, my elbow, both arms and my left thigh ( from standing up and down, LOL)

I do as Ray suggested, I try to use my shoulder in combination with the elbow when swinging.
 
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