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Don't Let Back Pain Handicap Your Golf Game
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Treatment Plans for Golfers
Regardless of the cost of multiple diagnostic options, physical therapists and other health care practitioners must become more efficient and effective with their treatment plans. Treatment must be aimed at the individual with the back problem. It is crucial for the clinician to assess the patient and their ability to function; not just focus on traditional clinical tests of impairments such as range of motion and strength.
Analyzing Movement
There are a series of tests and movement screens that physical therapists and other health professionals should perform in order to effectively evaluate your physical abilities as they relate to your golf swing. A few of the most important areas to address that impact the low back are the following:
Exercise for Golfers?
Traditional exercises have been shown to be an effective treatment modality for patients with low back injury. Multiple studies have examined the benefits of exercise in treating patients with low back pain; however, there have been very few published reports describing specific program designs as it relates to golfers.
Golf-Related Injuries
Golf injuries to the low back are the most common problems in both professional and amateur players. It is poor technique, poor conditioning and repeatedly hitting balls that usually leads to injury. Combined with typical sedentary lifestyles, (e.g. people drive to and from work seated and work in a seated position most of the day) and you begin to understand why the incidence of low back pain in golfers is high.
A golf-related back injury often results from excessive stress placed on the spine. For example if the body does not perform the correct sequence during the golf swing. Here is an astonishing fact:
Eight times your body weight is forced through your spine as you make contact with the ball. So, if poor mechanics are combined with a weak back, you are more likely to cause yourself a significant injury.
Prevention to Keep Swinging Strong
To help prevent low back pain, I recommend golfers start by visiting a health professional who offers a golf-specific training program. A well-trained health professional can identify musculoskeletal imbalances and provide personalized golf-specific exercises to improve your posture and overall conditioning specific for golf. Correct posture and muscle balance will enable you to get into the proper positions required to effectively swing the golf club.
The golf swing is considered an unnatural movement for most people, especially sedentary people. As with most sports, golf requires many rotary movements. When we sit most of the day, certain muscles get used to that position and become tight while other muscles become stretched out. These positions can cause significant muscle imbalances resulting in unnecessary back stress.
In all likelihood, the sedentary person's golf muscles have shut down. The muscles that absorb force and reduce load during a golf swing (the lower and deep abdominals) are relatively weak and cannot work together. And, if your hips and shoulders are tight, the chance of incorrectly moving is greater.
Golfer's Checklist to Ensure Back Health
1. Visit a physical therapist or chiropractor who is experienced working with golfers. Ask for a golf-specific physical assessment and conditioning program.
2. Take a lesson from a PGA professional about fundamentals and how the body should move during the golf swing. Preferably, choose a PGA instructor who uses video to analyze your swing.
3. Practice golf-specific drills to learn correct movements during your swing. This will help to decrease the chances for back injury.
4. Ensure your clubs fit you properly. For example, are your clubs too short or long? Are the shafts too flexible or stiff?
5. Make sure you do a golf-specific warm-up routine before hitting balls or playing golf.
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