Act before your injury in golf

golfsetbase.com / 07-15

Act before you injured in golf

Did you are injured in golf? Did you find reasons? When the puzzle still frustrates you, read ahead!

Long thought of as a "cushy" pastime, golf actually incurs an alarmingly high number of injuries. During the golf swing, our muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints are stressed to near full capacity as we accelerate the golf club head to nearly one hundred miles per hour in less than half a second. In fact, the injury rate for recreational golfers is an surprising sixty percent - and even higher for golfers over age 50.

And while the typical golf-related injury won't incur you in the hospital, it will result in an average of five weeks lost playing time - and some golf injuries can be season ending.
Golf injuries among amateurs are caused by a combination of factors, including overuse (excessive play or repetitive practice), poor conditioning, faulty swing technique, and improper warm-up.

Who warms up before playing golf? Unfortunately, most recreational golfers think that the first three holes of their round is the warm-up! Studies show that only a few percent of recreational golfers take the time to stretch or warm up before playing a round or visiting the driving range. The rest of us? Well, a quick stretch here and one or two air swings and - wham - we're off to the races. Big mistake.

Most folks wouldn't dream of standing on a pitching mound and throwing a baseball as hard as they could, or running a 50-yard dash without stretching or warming up first. So why do we think we can waltz up to the tee box and swing like Tiger without preparing our bodies for the task with a few minutes of warming up? Any serious athlete - professional and low-handicap golfers included - sees that there is a direct link between a good warm-up and injury prevention.
 

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