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Numbness/Pain in ring finger of the Drawhand

Hi,
I have a Problem, but maybe somebody has got a good solution.
I am shooting recurve since a little over a year now with approx. 500 Arrows per week, sometimes less sometimes more.

I recently increased my bow-weight from 30 to 36. At the Same time I upgraded my string to one that’s marketed as a “highspeed”. I think some type of fast-flight Material, but they don’t specify that.

After Shooting that now combo for a week or two I started to have a numbness in the tip of my ring finger.

I went to an archery shop, where they told me that my tab was to small (width-wise). They sold me a new tab with cordovan leather and told me, that the numbness will stay a while because I damaged my nerves.
A few weeks later the pain numbness was gone and I started shooting again. First two days (50 Arrows each) went fine. The Weekend after that we where at a 3D Parcour where I shot approx.. 100 Arrows. And my finger was hurt again.
I again waited 3-4 Weeks for the numbness to go away, reduces the draw-weight back to 30. But now first time Shooting (approx. 70 Arrows) the numbness started again.

This is really bothering me. Shooting the bow was my Stress relieve from work the past year and now this. And I also can’t just push through it because when it influences my release.

Do you guys have an idea for me? Do I still have the wrong tab? Or am I doing something else wrong?

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