Injury Support
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Why did the injuries occur in Golf?
Injuries occur in all athletic events quite frequently, certain sports more than others. Golf is no different than any other sport. The severity of injuries in golf usually are not as severe as in other sports. The scenario of a defensive lineman hitting 300 pounds on the side of the knee ligament tear all possible structures in the knee will never happen in the sport of golf. An interesting visual if you combined the sports of football and golf on the same game, but inadequate for this role.
There are two types of injuries classified by professionals in the fields of athletic training and sports medicine. The two types of injuries are: 1) and 2) acute chronic. The above example of the football player is classified as an acute injury. An acute injury can be defined as trauma in the body that appears immediately after the injury. See example above for a reminder player. (For us older golfers, remember Joe theism of the Redskins and Taylor breaking his leg against Lawrence? Acute injury.) Relating to an acute golf is a bit more difficult. Probably the most easy, and perhaps the most common acute injury in golf, occurs while swinging and hit a rock or something that creates an injury to his wrist. That would be the best example in the sport of golf from an acute injury. In general, acute injuries tend to be rare in golf because body contact with external forces is rare.
My back is always killing me!
The second type of injury, chronic, is much more common when it comes to the sport of golf. An injury chronic is one that occurs over time. Think of it as wear and tear "injury. These are usually the result of the decomposition of body over time. An example outside the major sports of golf is when you hear about a baseball pitcher with elbow tendinitis. Tendinitis is an inflammation of the elbow resulting from the stresses placed upon it to pull. Over time, the elbow and eventually gets tired injured from the number of pitches thrown. If you are a runner and, after some amount of time, the knees start to hurt, this is usually a chronic injury. When we talk about golf, most injuries are chronic. They tend to be a direct result golf swing (like the elbow of the pitcher). Usually, chronic injuries in golf are shown in the Lower Back. If chronic injuries are taken very soon cycle, rest and proper treatment (ie massage, chiropractic) will heal. But if you wait too long, the body will "break" and then not play any golf for a long time. This is where the sad situation of surgery and other invasive procedures under consideration.
So a couple of questions to ask when it comes to chronic injuries in relation to golf are: how they occur, and how to prevent? Injuries Chronic occur as a result of the body to be tired and finally "break." The muscles, ligaments, and tendons of your body are forced to undertake the activity of a golf shot. Over time this activity causes fatigue in the body. As the body continues to fatigue, or tired, the body is sore. This is the first indicator of developing a chronic injury. If you continue with the work he is involved with pain in the body, eventually your body will break. This "break" is perhaps in the form of muscle muscular rigidity got one, stress or some other type of inflammation. All the examples above are the result of structures breaking in your body from fatigue and overuse. Even if only in a swing feel "back out" nine times out of ten is a chronic injury, and that last move was the centerpiece "of the straw that broke the camel."
Preventing chronic lesions in Golf
All know that the golf swing is a repetitive motion, which means the body is doing the same activity over and over again. This creates fatigue in the body over time. And if the time our body can not support the number of swings we are taking, eventually will break. There are three variables we have when it comes to injury prevention chronic golf. Number one is the workload. Workloads can be defined as the number of swings that the body takes with a club during a given period of time. This period can be seven days or a full season on tour. Number two is the efficiency of its mechanics. When we say "efficiency of mechanics" we are talking about how biomechanically correct your individual swing. "Why is this important?" you ask. Let me tell you. I think most of us would agree that players have come very "efficient" swings, your changes are smooth and look almost effortless. A swing of this question not so much by the body to perform and requires less effort from the muscles, therefore, fatigue levels in the body are lower. Some changes seem to have fans much work to do, and indeed they do! These types of changes ask for much more by the body and fatigue more quickly. The last variable is what we call "force golf. "golf strength is a measure of the necessary levels of flexibility, strength, endurance, balance, and power to successfully support the mechanics of the swing. Large amounts of golf strength allow the agency to support an efficient swing. Low levels of golf strength do not provide the necessary support to swing.
The Workloads, Swing Mechanics, and the strength of golf
These three variables work together to determine if you are a candidate for a chronic injury golf. Golf strength is essentially the basis on which to build his swing. This variable indicates how many times can a club with his current mechanics before getting injured. If you have high levels of golf strength then regardless of the degree of efficiency of a swing you have, you will be able to play for quite some time before you get sore. The flip side is also true. If you have low levels of golf strength, regardless of swing mechanics, you will come to pain a short period of time.
Second, let's look at the mechanics of the swing. If you are a player who has a very efficient swing that places very little emphasis in the body, which will certainly be able to play many rounds before your body starts screaming at you. Again, if you have poor mechanics, which will take its toll in your body and your game.
Finally, we have the workload (number of oscillations). The number of changes you make should match the levels of golf strength and swing mechanics. The golf swing is a stress factor "of the body and breaks down over time. If you have an effective swing, every hit less "Damage" to the body. If you have a poor swing, the body has to work harder, so fatigue faster. Besides this is the strength of golf. If you have high levels of golf strength, you can swing the club more (ie workloads) before you get tired. Low levels of golf strength present state of fatigue of the body more quickly. "What is the magic formula?" you ask. My first suggestion is twofold: 1) work on his swing to improve the efficiency of it, and 2) increased levels of golf strength to support your swing. For the moment, match your swing and golf strength levels to determine what volume of work you can leave your body
About the Author
Sean Cochran is one of the most recognized golf fitness
instructors in the world today. He travels the PGA Tour
regularly with 2005 PGA & 2004 Masters Champion Phil Mickelson.
He has made many of his golf tips, golf instruction and golf
swing improvement techniques available to amateur golfers on the
website http://www.bioforcegolf.com.
To contact Sean, you can email him at support@bioforcegolf.com.
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