Golf Injuries Watch Your Back

Thank god for my wife, I love her to death, but this week she is literally a goddess. I have a reserved tee time at Desert Mountain - Cochise (a Jack Nicklaus course) with some buddies from my college years. We've kept in touch over the years and we'd planned this weekend for almost a year, I did NOT want to cancel, but my golfer's back was causing no end of problems. We'd planned a guy's weekend; playing golf, spinning tales, telling lies and betting (keep that quiet) on who'd win the next hole.

I was encouraged by my wife to make this trip, kinda wonder why she wants me out of town, and with her help I was able put my back in shape. With my wife being a dancer the only golf she has watched is by walking past the TV while I am watching a tournament.

Here are the Top Ten golf injuries. Starting with golfers elbow, knee pain, trigger finger, ecu tendon subluxation, bad back, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, DeQuervain's Tendinitis, wrist impaction and fracture of the Hamate Bone.

When I was on the golf team I had dreams of playing the PGA back in my college days. Not being in Tiger Woods class it seems I had a better head for business than golf. Here is the good part, not once did I have any golf injuries while playing in college. I guess the younger age had played a big factor in that, being twenty compared to being over forty.

As I turned thirty the strain on my back seem to increase as I used my driver. Now that I am over forty, if proper exercise is not done I am going to have bad back problems. My wifes advice is very important if you want to keep playing often and want to get to the golf course a lot.

"Whether your playing golf or dancing pay attention to your flexibility and stability other wise know as your core strength" is what my wife said to me after her famous "Honey" to get my attention. I sat spellbound and listen as she talked to me wearing those great dancing leotards. "Tighten up your abs" is what she said, "all your power comes from the center of the body". She then showed me how my back and hips are effected by my abdominals. "You had better make sure you do lots of stretching before playing" she added. What she said make all the sense in the world and after being married to her for all those great years I had better listen to what she says and in this instance she was more than right. With this added core strength by doing these exercises and stretching I find that my golf game has improved greatly. Longer and more accurate drives and not being tired after a full round of golf has been the reward for these efforts.

My college buddies are now envious of were my golf game is at as a result of what my great wife has taught me about core strength. Now the golf injuries should be a thing of the past as I stride to keep in better shape and live a healthier lifestyle. Keeping up the daily exercise and especially the stretching before each game should make it so.