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Pain associated with using higher flex sticks. What to do.

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So I use a 102 flex Bauer stick with an inch extension so it's a 97 or so now. I am strong and have a heavy shot and shoot a lot, I am roughly 190lbs and ambidextrous. I write with my left hand, shoot left, golf swing right, throw right and bat right handed. I have noticed that in an open ice session after I am done shooting I have right oblique pain that tends to happen when using high flex sticks. Naturally my shots tend to be harder with higher flex sticks and I am strong enough to handle them but I am getting kind of sick of it. My technique isn't perfection but seeing how my shots come off power wise and accuracy wise they work very well but I am wondering what the deal is. Should I dumb down the flex? Should I work on more core strenghtening? I do tend to Kessel kick on snap shots and thats what I take the most of. Any thoughts?

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Ambidextrous is when you can do the same task left or right handed.

I think your pain is a result of your physical build and not the equipment or technique.

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Actually ambidextrous is defined by the ability to use both hands equally well. It's not limited to the same task for both hands when a "right handed" person generally writes, throws, bats, shoots, kicks, lifts and essentially uses it as their dominant hand. I use both for various tasks. I don't get this aching when I use lower flex sticks, 77/87 whatever. This makes it confusing because if it were a technique flaw I feel it'd be exposed at 87 flex too.

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But isn't that the classic right-hand-dominant preference in hockey shooting, namely, to shoot "left"? In that sense, you're right handed across the board of activities you mentioned.

Edit: (out of sequence, sorry), that is a strange set of rights and lefts, I had missed that you write left. I stand corrected :)

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But isn't that the classic right-hand-dominant preference in hockey shooting, namely, to shoot "left"? In that sense, you're right handed across the board of activities you mentioned.

LEFT:

Shooting

Punting or kicking a football

Writing

RIGHT:

Throw

Bat

Golf

Strange combination but I can't seem to pin point whats going on. I can't help but kick out on snap shots, its just something that I have developed muscle memory on. I don't have any of these issues from slap shots or wrist shots either. my core is naturally stronger on my left side considering how much I play so I guess you could say I am unbalanced. I should be perfectly fine with a 102 flex at my size and if my technique was terrible my shots would have nothing on them and would be all over the place but they are not.

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1) work on your shoulders to build them up.

or

2) drop your flex down until you have no pain when shooting in your shoulders.

I had a similar problem as I used to use 100 flex but due to shoulder problems I had to go all the way to 87 flex. I've since had an operation and will see how I get on this season flex wise.

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I don't have problems with my shoulders it's my right side oblique.

Sorry, I misread, you said Oblique and I heard Delt lol, maybe you should see a physio as you don't want to get Hernia.

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Sounds so obvious, but why don't you just lower the flex, if that is what you are attributing the pain to? I am in too stiff of a stick now as well, and just find that the extra time that I need to load mid range wrist shots has made me ineffective (on mid range wrist shots, everything else is fine).

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