It’s getting better – I think. The fluid is dispersing a bit, but it’s SLOW – and still a bit hot underneath the nub where the skin is peeling. I’m still icing it down and taking ibuprofen.
Turns out the impediment to Slow-Prone is also an impediment to Rapid-Seated and even Offhand give the way we are taught to manage our bodies in pursuit of shooting excellence – bone on bone is the key to stability and repeat-performance.
This is not a lot of fun – but I figure it has been in the making for a while, with each grinding drill on concrete and only a thin pad, and it finally just said “enough!” – so now I have to deal with it.
Just before this I was looking around for an elbow pad with a gel-insert that was flexible enough to actually bend snd fit under my shooting coat. I had cobbeled together a wrap that would hold a Dr. Scholl’s heel-gel thing – but circumstances caught-up before I could do anything practical, like try it out…
Where can I find the elbow pad? Maybe I can get back to it (rifle shooting) in a few months…
Ouch… And they DO make elbow pads that work.
Maybe check out a skating gear store for elbow pads. Might have to get creative and carve out a pocket for that thing.
Can't it be drained? Or does it just fill up again?
Only way I can do prone is either with a padded mat or elbow pads; and I can barely do kneeling with pads