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Driving the Distance with Quality Golf Equipment
Possibly the most important pieces of golf equipment are your clubs. The official rules declare that a player can have no more than 14 of them in his or her bag, one of which is your putter. That leaves you with only 13 weapons to go to war with, so you better make sure they work.
The Golf Training Exercises You Need To Improve Your Game Are Very Simple
Golf training and conditioning exercises are not as difficult as most people think they are.
When you have it, you have it. The world is yours. When you don't have it�then you think that you would be better off placing the ball in the hole with your hand rather than using your putter.
Putter Around until You Find the Best Golf Putter for your Game
You may have been scolded as a child for puttering. However, when it comes to golf, puttering is okay, as because you need the right putter to make those shots into the next hole in the green.
How A Golf Trainer Can Take Your Game To The Next Level
Having a golf trainer in your corner to give you guidance, motivation and ongoing, cutting-edge golf fitness information will put you leaps and bounds above your playing partners and competitors.
Master Flexibility Training And You'll Conquer The Playing Field In Golf
Is it difficult to rotate your body through the full range of motion in your golf swing? Do you stop short on your back swing? Lack of flexibility can adversely affect not only your golf game, but your health as well. Different muscles are called upon at different points in the golf swing. If you are not flexible you are more prone to injuries. Your body will try to overcompensate by engaging other joints and muscles that are not ready for the stress and strain of the movement.
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Seven Frequent Injuries Golfers Tend to Suffer From
Surprisingly (and unfortunately) golfers end up suffering quite a few injuries. Some of the ones they deal with the most include the following:
1. Lower Back Pain: This back pain in golfers is often disc-related, mechanically related, or caused by a fracture or other problems. It is often caused by a golfer’s swing. It is recognized by the symptoms of pain, stiffness, muscle spasms, and nerve irritation (numbness, pain, or weakness in the legs). One solution is to slow down on the top of the golf swing, and always lift any heavy objects, such as a bag of golf clubs, with your legs. Treatment for this pain includes rest, medication, therapy, bracing, cortisone, or surgery.
2. Golfer’s Elbow (a.k.a. Tennis Elbow): This is an inflammation, soreness, or pain that occurs on the inside of the upper arm near the elbow. More commonly, however, the pain ends up occurring on the outside of the upper arm. The pain is the greatest at the top of the swing and upon impact. One solution would be to switch to graphite shafts and low compression golf balls.
This will help decrease elbow strain. Also, when possible you want to practice on real turf instead of rubber mats. Additionally, you will want to ease up on grip pressure and loosen up on the elbows while you swing. Also, you can slow down the backswing, and smooth the transition between the backswing and the downswing. Likewise, try to avoid contact of the ball with trees, rocks, sprinklers and other obstructions, and tee-up the ball on fairway shots. Don’t release your hands too soon at the top of the backswing, and do not decelerate the club before impact. You can also obtain medication for the pain of golfer’s elbow (or Tennis elbow) and get plenty of rest, or if necessary you can get surgery.
3. Shoulder Pain: Usually this pain includes Rotator cuff tendonitis, tear, impingement, A-C joint arthritis, instability, and scapular lag. The symptoms include pain in shoulder or upper arm at various phases of the golf swing, and night pain. One solution to combat this is slow down the backswing to reduce stress on the shoulders. If you need treatment for this condition you can find medication for it and you may need some extra rest to let this situation heal, if it becomes serious.
4. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The symptoms of this condition include numbness of the fingers, hand weakness, and clumsiness. The possible treatments for this are rest, medication, splinting, and surgery. Some solutions to combat this are to make sure that club handle grips are replaced and to consider either larger or softer grips. In addition, you need to reduce the pressure on the club handle.
5. De Quervain’s Tendonitis: This ailment is characterized by pain, swelling, and tenderness of the wrist near the base of the thumb. This pain usually occurs at the left wrist. To combat this problem in the future you will want to avoid extreme cocking of the left wrist when you reach the top of the backswing. You do not want to loosen your grip too soon. Another ailment similar to this would be arthritis at the base of the thumb. In order to know for sure you can have your thumb x-rayed. In addition, you can receive a careful exam.
6. Knee Pain: Symptoms of this include pain, clicking, or swelling of the knee, which is also aggravated by squatting, and walking. Treatments for these symptoms include rest, medication, arthroscopic surgery (if it is a meniscus tear), total joint replacement surgery (if the cause is arthritis, injection treatments, bracing, and therapy. One solution you can use to combat this at home along with other treatment includes switching to a spike-less shoe to decrease stresses from twisting of the knee. You would want to practice and play with short irons while recovering from a knee surgery or injury. This will minimize stress to the knees. In addition, you are advised to be careful not to return to full swinging too soon after knee injury, especially after surgery.
7. Wrist Impaction Syndrome: This is usually characterized by pain and tenderness on the top of the wrist, usually on the right side at the top of the backswing. The possible treatments for this condition include rest, splinting, cortisone, or sometimes surgery. A solution to this problem would be to slow down the backswing to minimize right wrist extension, at the top of the backswing.
The above situations are not very pleasant for golfers but these situations can fortunately be corrected. In most cases, golfers are able to return to their normal game.
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