“Roughly shoulder width” doesn’t seem to take into account the humerus.
Wider than shoulder width bars help create leverage over the bike that’s bouncing off terrain beneath the rider and helps amplify rider input and pressure into the bike.
Are too many people riding bars that are too wide? Yep.
Are too many people giving advice based on their own style of riding, personal ROM, local terrain and bike fit? Also yes.
Would I ride Jones H bar on a touring bike? Yes.
Would I ever in a million years put an H bar on my everyday trail bike or enduro bike? Fuck no.
YMMV.
As for the OP, it’s usually good to try one variable at a time. A reach adjustment is probably best and most cheaply achieved with a stem swap. If your wrists are bothering you then maybe more backsweep would help. Both my wrists are fairly effed, but I find that rolling my bars a touch more forward than most helps my situation- makes it easier to stabilize. (Riding OneUp bars cut to 770).
YMMV
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