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Golf Injuries and Core Strenght
Thank god for my wife, I love her to death, but this week she is literally a goddess. I have a reserved tee time at Desert Mountain - Cochise (a Jack Nicklaus course) with some buddies from my college years. We've kept in touch over the years and we'd planned this weekend for almost a year, I did NOT want to cancel, but my golfer's back was causing no end of problems. We'd planned a guy's weekend; playing golf, spinning tales, telling lies and betting (keep that quiet) on who'd win the next hole.
I was encouraged by my wife to make this trip, kinda wonder why she wants me out of town, and with her help I was able put my back in shape. With my wife being a dancer the only golf she has watched is by walking past the TV while I am watching a tournament.
Here are the Top Ten golf injuries. Starting with golfers elbow, knee pain, trigger finger, ecu tendon subluxation, bad back, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, DeQuervain's Tendinitis, wrist impaction and fracture of the Hamate Bone.
Back in my college days I was on the golf team and had PGA dreams. Turns out I had a better head for business and I definitely wasn't in Tiger Wood's league, still, I gave most a good run and won my share. And here's the kicker, not once during my time on the gold team, did I have any injuries (we'll forget about that one crazy weekend where we played the back nine at 2am... shhhhh), of course being nineteen and twenty years old may have been a factor.
As I turned thirty the strain on my back seem to increase as I used my driver. Now that I am over forty, if proper exercise is not done I am going to have bad back problems. My wifes advice is very important if you want to keep playing often and want to get to the golf course a lot.
"Honey"... this is how my wife talks when she wants me to pay attention. "Whether you're playing golf or dancing, you need to pay attention to core strength, stability and flexibility." Since she was wearing alluring leotards, I could only sit spellbound and listen. "You need to do strength training to tighten up your abs (could that be hint?) since all your power comes from your center" (she motioned to her stomach, then did an imaginary golf swing) showing me how my abdominals effect my back and hips. Hmmm... maybe she was onto something. "And", she continued, now on flow, "you have to stretch before you play, the better your strength and flexibility, the better you'll feel during and after the game". I couldn't argue with her, and especially not when she smiled, that's the gleam that caught my eyes years ago. So I took my wife's advice, although she doesn't know a divot from a shank and heaven forbid if I mention a foursome. But keeping a body in shape was her specialty I began to implement her advice, into my daily gold regimen; strengthening my midsection, stretching before tee time, trying (in general) to live healthier. Believe it or not, it not only helped my golf game, but my overall outlook, I could drive longer and straighter and playing eighteen holes didn't wear me out.
With what my wife has taught me about core strength and how it has improved my golf game my college buddies are very envious of me. The golf injuries will be a thing of the past much like in my younger days. I have replace some of my strength and flexibility of my youth by exercising and stretching to keep in shape and play better golf.
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