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Solving Golf Injuries
When suffering from an injury, most people focus on ways to
simply remove the pain versus digging for the actual cause.
When the pain is gone the problem falls off their radar.
Unfortunately without addressing the real cause, the injury
recurs and the sufferer is forced to deal with an extended
problem instead of a minor set back.
Common recurring injuries to golfers
include pain in the back, shoulders, knees, wrists and elbows.
In fact, in a study on the frequency of golf injuries,
researches found that:
- 30% of all pro golfers are playing
injured
- 53% of male and 45% of female
golfers suffer from back pain
- People who play golf and another
sport are 40% more likely to suffer back pain.
Rotate or Over Compensate
Virtually every joint in the body must
rotate through it's full range in order swing the golf club
effectively. Where one part of the body cannot fully rotate,
another part has to over compensate and this leads to injury.
Here are the common compensations and their accompanying
injuries or swing faults.
1. If the shoulder blade is
unable to move through its range, the shoulder joint over
compensates. This often leads to hooking or slicing.
2. Inadequate range of motion in
the shoulder joint leads to over rotation in the spine. As
most people already lack full rotational ability in the spine,
you can figure out where this goes. When the spine tries
to compensate and can't, usually excessive head motion occurs
leading to a loss of the swing plane and viola: thin and fat
shots.
3. Restricted hip joints means
the spine or shoulder must over rotate. Inability to
compensate in those areas means people use the arms and wrists
excessively, again leading to injury in those areas.
These are simply a few of the root
causes of injury or swing faults. When the body cannot fully
rotate, excess demands are placed elsewhere.
The Dynamic Sports Training golf
conditioning program addresses many of these problems right up
front with improved flexibility through corrective stretching.
Usually people see the benefits
in the first week!
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