Bowhunter's syndrome

[ODB]

Wife (MRI tech) came home and told me about a study she did on a patient with bowhunter's syndrome. Huh? I say... Turns out it's when your vertebral artery becomes occluded when your head is turned maximally as though you are shooting your bow. the condition was identified in 1978 in a bowhunter who experienced symptoms while shooting his bow.

 

[Maverick1]

Uh, OK. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sbird2019]

I think it would take something like this happening to me to finally feel like I’m not an imposter and I can officially call myself a bow hunter without constantly moving the goalposts on myself

 

[eamyrick]

Who knew? I was thinking it would be more a neurological issue related to uncontrollable outburst of “keep hammering” and overly complicated explanations of spine weight and bow tuning to uninterested strangers. Similar discoveries have been made in the fields of CrossFit and more recently Ju Jitsu.

 

[RockAndSage]

I was totally waiting for that to turn into a joke too. Especially as, on first pass, I read it as "verbal artery"

Waiting for...something something, brain doesn't work with verbal artery occluded once buck spotted/draw results released, etc.

 

[lyingflatlander]

I’ve actually heard of this before. But, I relent I am in medicine. Cool stuff…

 

[deltadukman]

Who knew? I was thinking it would be more a neurological issue related to uncontrollable outburst of “keep hammering” and overly complicated explanations of spine weight and bow tuning to uninterested strangers. Similar discoveries have been made in the fields of CrossFit and more recently Ju Jitsu.

You forgot overindulging on Cam Hane's and Rogan's Elk Blood energy drink with weed.

 

[Swamp Fox]

Wife (MRI tech) came home and told me about a study she did on a patient with bowhunter's syndrome. Huh? I say... Turns out it's when your vertebral artery becomes occluded when your head is turned maximally as though you are shooting your bow. the condition was identified in 1978 in a bowhunter who experienced symptoms while shooting his bow.

The following may or may not be true:


Prior to the popularization of the compound bow, this was called "Girlwatcher Syndrome" or sometimes "Head-On-A-Swivel Disease."

According to Google AI:

Bowhunter syndrome, also known as rotational vertebral artery syndrome, is a rare condition that occurs when the vertebral artery becomes compressed during head rotation. This compression can lead to a lack of blood flow to the brain, causing symptoms such as:

• Dizziness
• Vertigo
• Headache
• Nausea
• Weakness or numbness on one side of the body
• Loss of consciousness

Sounds about right ...

 

[WCB]

wait....you guys are turning your head "maximally" when shooting your bow? wtf?

 

[Swamp Fox]

wait....you guys are turning your head "maximally" when shooting your bow? wtf?

Oh, yeah ....

Whenever LR hunting or dialing turrets comes up, bowhunters be like