Back Pain in golfers: Causes, prevention and treatment Learn the secrets many pros use to improve their game that you may not know. | |
| Within the golfing population, back pain and injury is a problem of epidemic proportions. Despite this fact, there is little discussion about how to prevent back problems. Indeed, proper care for the spine is not addressed in any of the various golf magazines. Moreover, many of the recommendations for exercise and stretching call for twisted spinal postures and movements that can be injury-promoting. Even tips related to golf' swing mechanics are often injury-promoting. Clearly, it should not be a surprise that back pain is so common among golfers, both amateur and professional Despite the fact that the golf swing is a physical/biomechanical activity, the choice of back pain treatment for many golfers, particularly amateurs, is rest and anti-inflammatory drugs. Clearly, golfers need to be educated about the nature of tissue injury, spinal biomechanics, and related treatment methods. The following topics are discussed in this slide program: |
Spinal biomechanics related to the golf swing
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