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Topic: Golf Conditioning Title: It is happening already |
Published: 2009-04-29 08:49:18 |
| Description: Protecting yourself from injury... |
| It is not even May yet and I have already seen 3 patients this month with golf injuries. One shoulder, one knee and one low back. Its pretty simple really and relates back to the Dances with the Stars blog I wrote. You're asking your tissues to perform a high stress repetitve activity that it hasn't been prepared for. And here's the real kicker. One of my patients buddies went golfing with him this past weekend. The problem is the guy just had rotator cuff surgery nine weeks ago. Apparently he is doing quite well and his therapist allegedly gave his approval but I wonder what his surgeon would say. Even if he has good range of motion there are going to still be some strength deficits but the biggest risk is that the repair is not fully healed and one wrong hit and "pop". Time for another surgery. I understand people are impatient and we just want to be able to do the things we love but lets be smart about it. We are not teenagers any longer and its time to think about our long to health and function. Take care of yourself the right way now and it will pay off later. Take a short cut now and you might be paying for it later. |
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