Common Golfer's body problem areas

Proper conditioning and swing mechanics can prevent golf pain and injury

The most common golfing injuries and pain often are caused from lack of conditioning and poor swing mechanics. Most golf injuries occur in the soft tissues, muscles and joints of the back, elbows, wrist and shoulders, possibility restricting a golfer’s ability to play and enjoy the game.

Causes of Golf injuries

• Overuse

• Poor swing mechanics

• Skipping the Warm-up

• Mis-hits or duffs (hitting the ground during the swing)

• Over-swinging

• Twisting the Spine During the Swing

• Incorrect Grip

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Prevention of Golf injuries depends upon three things Proper swing mechanics, Proper conditioning and/or Proper equipment. We address the golfer's body by training it as a unit

Most common area of injury:

Back Pain

Unless you have had had surgery or trauma to your back (check with your doctor for the best program to fallow) most often a golfers back problems is crated by tight weak muscles that support the back, hip and abdominals.

Because the golf swings axial rotation velocity (the back and forward motion) creates compressed load on segments of the lumbar spine (the lower back). This can create an estimated 8 times the body’s weight of presser on the lower back.  Most amateur golfers over extend weak imbalanced muscles, that increase stress, fatigue and raise the possibility of injuries to this area.

Golfer's Elbow (medial epicondylitis)

Because most all of us use computers and are gamers the muscle and tendons of the elbow may already be imbalanced, inflamed and fatigued. The repetitive motion of the golf swing continues to aggravate the elbow increasing inflammation and pain to the inside of the upper arm near the elbow joint.

Shoulder Pain

Chronic shoulder pain in a golfer may be caused by any number of underlying conditions, including: rotator cuff tendonitis, or a tear or impingement in the rotator cuff; A-C joint arthritis; or instability in the joint. However most often tight muscles that support and cross the shoulder joint can cause restrictions.

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Hand and Wrist Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a repetitive stress disorder that occurs in the nerves of the hands. Can be aggravated from continues griping the golf club

DeQuervain’s

DeQuervain's causes pain in the wrist near the base of the thumb, and is caused by an inflammation in the tendons that control the thumb.

Trigger Finger

Trigger finger can cause a finger or fingers to lock up. The condition is caused when the flexor tendon sheath, through which the finger tendons run, is inhibited.

Wrist Impaction Syndrome

Impaction syndromes of the wrist are caused when the bones of the wrist bang into one another due to excess or repetitive movements.

Knee Pain

Baring knee pain being caused by any underlying issues such as: a torn meniscus; knee arthritis (osteoarthritis), or kneecap pain (chondromalacia). Most often keen pain in golfers may simply be caused by tight muscles that support and cross the knee.

Foot and ankle pain

Most often foot and ankle pain is caused by golfers twisting their ankles on the golf course and or the tight muscles that support and cross the ankle.