At it too long I guess hw97 in 177

My old shoulders protested. Sold all my spring guns.

The only one that made me sore was a Hatsan 125 for a long afternoon. I don't shoot springers for long sessions much anymore but I bet many of them would make me sore now.

You need an HW30.

well any repetitive motion injury like you mention is very painful and without resting it and or strengthening it after it heals you will always have that nagging injury

you will have to learn a new way to cock the rifle or put in down for an unknown period of time

been there done that

After an elbow sprain I had difficulty with my 97kt it hurt every time I pulled the bar. I took a scrap of PVC 1/2 pipe(I think) maybe 1foot Long I slid it over the lever a few inches and it makes cocking easier. I wrapped some black electric tape around the cocking bar (that’s what I call it) to protect the finish.

this was a simple fix for a painful problem.

...dang , you must be doing 200 shots per night or something.....or those hw97's are harder to cock with that shorter cocking lever.....i have had my shoulders dislocated playing football and my neck jammed - those are the areas of my body that protest magnum springers for me any more. i was in a sling one time for a week or so (hatsan 125 , and turkish webley patriot beat me up pretty good, but the worst was a brand new or unfired .177 uk webley patriot).....you may have to give your inflamed areas 4-5 days of rest, man.....good thing it's co2 weather , huh ? one time i gave myself a small hernia cocking a .22 theoben eliminator / beeman crow magnum that had the gas spring pumped all the way up. that was probably 60-70 lbs of cocking force. - rane on . 

You could put a 12fpe spring in it. That will make it easier to cock. It will also make it easier to shoot.