Pain-Free-Golf

Eddie

We are starting a new series about how to reduce pain while playing golf. Here's the intro to the series.

https://teesandcoins.com/features/pain-free-golf/

This series is less about us presenting content, but more about gathering ideas to help keep us able to play relatively pain-free golf for the long term. Please post up suggestions on things or ideas you have that may help, I already have several DM threads with members going on this, let's bring it out to the open and discuss together.

Putterho

Where do I start? My neck, my back, my ....... nvm. This will be great for the dad in all of us old guys.

TFixer5

My feet and calves are killing me these days walking the course. Ordered some insoles from Superfeet this morning. @Jaybananapantsarthur has been whooping me lately and I'm blaming the feet.

Jaybananapantsarthur

TFixer5 i am a golfing machine, built for lots and lots of swings per round, rinse and repeat 🤣

dphatt

TFixer5 Looks like you might need to join the push cart mafia

Moni_SLO

I don't want to pretend to know much about golf injuries because I don't golf as much as most people here. A lot of that has to do with the fact that I was a pretty active triathlete and spent a year in 2018 training for Ironman Arizona so not much golf was had because I spent all my waking hours getting my body ready for that race....a far cry from a golf ready body. What I can stress is taking care of and listening to your body. At the beginning of this article it mentions rest....which we all naturally hate to hear. This is key in all aspects of sports, training, leisurely golf, whatever it may be. If something is hurting and not severely injured, most of the time it is inflammation and rest will solve that in the short term. Also, I would stress foam rolling, stretching, theragun, hyperice, whatever people use to increase blood flood and promote healing. This stuff works, take my word for it. Also stretching and being flexible will fix a TON of problems people have. If your body is stiff, muscles and tendons will be out of whack and working doubletime to do things that they shouldn't be doing....just to make up for little things that being more flexible can fix. I know everyone has there own allotted amount of free time (mostly spent golfing it sounds like) but really dedicating yourself to a good routing of stretching a few times a week (I try for nightly because my body is in shambles from triathlon), foam rolling and even better, getting into Yoga will honestly help a ton. It's not speculation, it is absolute fact that the more your body can move freely and not fight itself, the less injuries you will have (at least to the lower half). Getting this routine in will free up hip flexors, knee problems, achilles issues, maybe note elbow and others as I don't know much about those type of injuries, but for the people that rely more on lower body rotation and not so much arm pounding, this stuff will certainly help.

Sorry for the long rant here, this is just something I have really started to take super seriously the last 5 years and i have found it helps dramtically.

Now if I could just find a better golf game with the little time I have hehe

dphatt

Jaybananapantsarthur You need to get the most value out of the round 🤣

Jaybananapantsarthur

dphatt part of our issue is the amount of slope along with every tee box being elevated, most at least 8 feet, steep and without any stairs. So we are constantly up and down slopes the entire round.

illest

Theragun has been a great purchase. My wife bought it for me back in February and it at least feels like it helps recovery.

I’m probably younger than a few of y’all at 31, but I’ve also been on a whole thing getting into shape since the new year (down 25lbs) so I’m obviously using it for far more than just after a round but I really enjoy it.

Moni_SLO

geaux glad you like it. It’s definitely helping with your recovery....regardless of age 🙂. Your body will thank you as you get older 🙂

titleistforged

Thankfully no elbow pain for me yet, but I'm recently experiencing knee/leg pains. Stretching helps, as does gratuitous ibuprofen.

Great article, and thanks again for the great insight!

Jaybananapantsarthur

So on a serious note.... I was experiencing some serious elbow pain and chalked it up to everything but golf. But when I was done golfing it was at its worst tot he point where I couldn't even lift a glass of water.

Turns out it was from golfing but not from hitting balls. It was from grabbing my stand bag by the strap and throwing it over my shoulder. Once I discovered that nifty handle that they put at the top of the bag I started using my left hand to lift the bag by the handle while putting my right arm through the strap, viola!. I'll be damned if that elbow pain wasn't cured in a matter of weeks. Hasn't returned since.

DaHOF

I've had more injuries throughout my college years than most have in a lifetime. This has translated into me sounding like an 80 year old walking by the time I hit 30. You can imagine how my body feels on a regular basis now that I'm even older. I've done it all, stretching, yoga, foam rolling, etc. All good points made in here and the article. However, the BEST thing I ever did (other than recently lose 50ish pounds) was to buy some type of massage gun. I personally bought the hyper volt, but there are many different ones out there. It makes a WORLD of difference and I use it on the daily. Best money I ever spent.

Moni_SLO

DaHOF always out here speaking the truth....the gospel homie!

joey2aces

Good thing I’m married to a PA in pain management. Lol

FairwayDae

I too have the Hypervolt. Initially purchased for snowboarding but it's been very helpful for recoveries after golf/working out.

Putterho

Previous injuries were: shoulder (labrum tear), Both Tennis/Golfers elbow, Wrist ligament and tfc inflammation, Knee hyperextension.

I was always stubborn and thought I could just go on Youtube and figure everything out from wed MD but I was wrong. PRP injections and my Hypervolt helped but nothing worked like going to see my Physical Therapist and committing time off to rehab. I've been to the range now 6 days out of 9 and so far the pain is gone. Always trust your PP, get an mri/X-ray if needed and let the pros work their magic. Cheers to getting rid of my laid off over the top move and improving my ball striking and swing with actual practice and again ..... letting my Pro give me instruction, going all in with his swing theories, and not listening to my buddies and or Instagram swing videos!
The good people at HyperIce probably owe me another for convincing a dozen friends to purchase one.

MatthewASim

Issues from finger tip to finger tip thru my neck and rotator cuffs and bad golfers elbow that has lingered for the better part of 12 years now.
struggle to even hold more than 5 playing cards for any period of time. Finally found a a great massage therapist and chiropractor that have made my life/golf easier. And just bought a Theragun to keep me going between treatments.

Played graphite for a while and sensicore inserts. But performance was never as good as what I was used to with steel.