Pilates Exercises for Lower Back Pain
Like any sport involving repetitive motions, golf can take a toll on muscles and joints. The lower back often takes the most abuse, both from repeated swings and from standing for long stretches of...
View ArticleSymptoms of a Torn Rotator Cuff
The rotator cuff is the soft tissue in your shoulder that holds your upper arm, the humerus bone, inside the shoulder socket. When you injure or tear the rotator cuff in your shoulder, it can cause...
View ArticlePrevention of Repetitive Stress Injury
Repetitive stress injuries, ranging from torn muscles to damaged joints, can sideline any golfer. Rather than have to go through the pain and time necessary to heal a repetitive stress injury, it is...
View ArticleHow to Treat a Torn Tendon in a Shoulder
Muscle tendons in the shoulder can be torn from the stress of repeated motions, such as your golf swing. There are other causes, too, including over-exertion and physical injuries such as falls and...
View ArticlePain Relief for Golfers
While not as violent as sports such as football, rugby and basketball, golfers do experience their share of injuries. These are often brought on by the golf swing and include injuries to the back and...
View ArticleHow to Care for a Torn Rotator Cuff
The rotator cuff is a collection of muscles in the shoulder. The tendons of these muscles can become torn as a result of injury, stress or repetitive motion. It is a relatively common stress-related...
View ArticleSymptoms of a Rotator Cuff Injury
Your golf game would be pretty bad without help from your rotator cuff. The rotator cuff comprises a group of muscles and tendons that not only connect the arm bone to the shoulder but also helps hold...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Repetitive Strain Injuries
Repetitive strain injuries occur when a muscle, joint, nerve, ligament or tendon is harmed because of repeated, continual movement. A golf swing is an example of a sports activity that can result in a...
View ArticleWhat Are the Dangers of Sun Exposure?
Exposure to the sun can be a real danger for golfers, who spend an abundant amount of time outside. Given that a round of golf can take four hours or more–and that most golfers also use the putting...
View ArticleSymptoms of Shoulder Injuries
After a day of golfing, how can you tell if you are merely tired and sore or have injured your shoulder while playing? Though it may seem easy to diagnose, shoulder injuries can take a variety of...
View ArticleFacts About Sun Exposure
Since most golf courses are not inside and do not have sufficient tree cover to completely block out rays from the sun, sun exposure is a fact of life for many golfers, who can spend as many as 5 or 6...
View ArticleHow to Diagnose Rotator Cuff Injuries
Technically, you should never diagnose your own injuries. Only a doctor can properly diagnose a rotator cuff injury. That said, rotator cuff injuries are very common among golfers, so it is important...
View ArticleGolf Shoulder Injury
The shoulder is the fourth most commonly injured site for golfers, according to Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, a non-profit medical campus in Columbus, Georgia. Golf relies heavily on the...
View ArticleHealing a Shoulder Injury
Shoulder injuries present a tricky situation for golfers and doctors. Some shoulder injuries result from falls directly onto the joint while others simply result from repetitive motion injury such as...
View ArticleExercises for Shoulder Injuries
Shoulder injuries are fairly common in golfing. The swing asks the muscles to move very quickly, which can cause tearing of the muscles, tendons or joint tissues. In most cases, physical therapy and...
View ArticleSigns & Symptoms of Rotator Cuff Injury
The rotator cuff is the reinforcing structure which surrounds the shoulder joint. It is composed of four muscle tendons which merge together to form a fibrous capsule which helps to keep the ball of...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy Stretches
After a golf-related injury, it is common to undergo physical therapy as well. Physical therapy is important to return your mobility and strength, especially after surgery where the average reaction of...
View ArticleExercise for Hip & Lower Back Pain
Lower back and hip pain can plague any golfer. A day on the course offers more dangers than you may realize. Careless swings, lifting golf bags and constantly bending over to retrieve golf balls puts...
View ArticleExercise to Help Lower Back Pain
Back pain stops your golf game in its tracks. Every swing and every movement causes intense pain in your lower back. After an initial period of rest, doctors often recommend increasing physical...
View ArticleCure & Prevention for Golf Elbow
Pain and discomfort from golf elbow can be enough to make a golfer want to put his clubs away. Also known as medial epicondylitis, golfer's elbow is similar to tennis elbow, according to the Mayo...
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