For the last year or so, I have been in really serious pain when shooting prone. I had several squad patners ask if the tears in my eyes were from my scores. Laughingly, I explained I was in terrible pain when getting down on my gun. I had considered asking the NRA for a dispensation and ask that I be allowed to shoot sitting. The pain, tingling and numbness had gotten so bad I went to the orthopedic surgeon today. His tec X-rayed my shoulders and neck. The doctor said my shoulders were fine, but my neck looked like a train wreck. There are about 7-8 vertabrae in the cervical spine. Each is separated by a disk. The X-rays revealed I have 4 missing disk and bone surs on the remaining 3 or 4 disk spaces. The orthapedist told me I will have to go to a neurosurgeon and have my neck verterabrae fused and the spurs removed. He said I will be out of shooting for at least 6 months maybe a year due to the volume of neck problems. I think I will put the surgery off until after the holidays and deer season. Have any of you had neck or back surgery? Would like to hear about your experience and the recovery time. Have you been able to resume shooting without the pain?
Rustystud
Rustystud