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Injured shoulder exercises for archery?

all good advice and thanks to all. pls keep it coming. i'm sure this is more common than i think and maybe others can gain from this pool of knowledge also.

my situation:
my shoulders have been bad for a long time. i went to a crossbow maybe 10 years ago for a year and its just not for me. i cranked my 60# compound way down and i'm trying to slowly work it back up. ive had my compound at 47# for several years now with no issues and no pain. if i draw incorrectly, then i instantly know it and i have to stop for the day. and like i said above, i shoot a LOT and all year. id like to keep my arrow weight at high 500s but would like better trajectory. i can easily draw and let down in a saddle at 47#. i can hold for a long time. just want to use this offseason to get better. i feel like if i can strengthen the muscles around my shoulder joint, i can increase draw weight and decrease arrow drop.

this past year:
i hit a very nice buck 3-4" high because i couldn't take the time to get a very precise yardage before he walked behind brush and out of my life. i hit high and and think i only got one lung. good blood that faded. bloodhound from united trackers tracked for >400yds after blood trail stopped. i was only 4yds off my yardage estimate. my fault completely that a buck suffered. flattening my trajectory will help in this. believe me, i will not make this same mistake again in the future. it still haunts me from oct 2 that he laid out there bleeding and in pain because i didnt do my job
 
I have/had chronic shoulder displacia (shoulders dislocate easily), doc told me surgery was the only way, started calisthenics and Olympic Rings to strengthen the joint and a decade later not a single dislocation or problems. As far as increases draw weight, if you’re shooting as much as you say I don’t see why you couldn’t move up. What are you at now and what’s the projected goal?
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
I have/had chronic shoulder displacia (shoulders dislocate easily), doc told me surgery was the only way, started calisthenics and Olympic Rings to strengthen the joint and a decade later not a single dislocation or problems. As far as increases draw weight, if you’re shooting as much as you say I don’t see why you couldn’t move up. What are you at now and what’s the projected goal?
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with my compound, im at 47# now and would like to move close to 60#. Both shoulders are jacked up so my case is also the need to build muscle mostly in rotator area due to injuries.

I shoot reasonably heavy arrows (575gr) and am considering lightening up some and going to a lower gr/in arrow. My GT340s are 8.9. My trajectory now looks like a mortar.

Im happy to tinker all spring and summer
 
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