A Novice Guide To The Most Common Golf Injuries Experienced By Golfers
It may hurt a bit, but let’s face it – a beginner golfer may think of golf as a sport that only involves merely hitting the golf balls without thinking how the body reacts to every swing. This novice perception in this sport may just be the reason for the existence of future golf injuries. However, before you will misinterpret my statement, I am not saying that only beginners are affected by these injuries, because while on the course an injury can happen to both a pro and a beginner.
A golfer has a high chance of experiencing the pain of being injured while playing if they were not able to condition themselves before the game. More so, if he doesn’t know the right body mechanics and the right approach to every move that they will be doing.
Depending upon the sites, a golfer can have different types of injuries and knowing them can at least help the golfer in doing things to prevent their occurence. Thus it really pays to know more about these injuries as well as how they will be prevented.
Back Injuries: A golfer can have different types of back injuries such as sprain, strain, lower back pain, herniated disks, backaches and stress. In order to prevent any of these happening, a golfer should observe proper posture while playing as well as good muscle coordination during the golf swing and of course proper body conditioning before the game.
Shoulder Injuries: These are the common shoulder injuries that can happen to you on the course: torn rotator cuff injury, frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis), shoulder separation, rotator cuff tendonitis, shoulder instability and glenohumeral arthritis. Also, you can have tendinitis, bursitis and impingement syndrome which are similar and often occur together.
Elbow injuries: The most common among all the elbow injuries are the golfer’s elbow or the medial epicondylitis and the bursitis of the elbow which occurs over time due to repeated use of the muscles of the arm and the forearm. Moreover, related to the golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis can also occur to any golfer for the same reasons as the two mentioned earlier.
Wrist and Hand Injuries: Another set of injuries which are caused by repetitive or overuse of such body parts, as well as due to accidents or falls during the game and/or by using poor equipment are the following: wrist sprains, finger fractures, wrist tendinitis, trigger finger and tenosynovitis.
Other Pain and Injuries: Aside from what was mentioned above, there are still more injuries that any golfer could experience such as blisters, which are fluid-filled sacs on the surface of the skin of the hands or feet; delayed-onset-muscle-soreness, also known as DOMS which can occur for about 24 to 48 hours after intensive exercise or program; knee pain, plantar fasciculitis, sprains and strains, and stress fractures.
Again, most of the injuries and pain associated with golf are caused by overuse of that particular part of the body, or it can be due to poor body posture and body mechanics while playing as well as an improper swing and the use of poor equipment. If in case you will suffer from a golf injury, you must make sure to follow the treatment regime of your doctor as well as his advise not to play for a specific number of days or months because to some extent failure to obey the doctor’s orders can be the end of your career in golf.
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