Common golf injuries...

[birdie_man]

...and how to prevent with good technique (or otherwise)...

(I know exercize and stretching will be a common answer....I'm looking more for technique....)

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i.e. shoulder......hip.....knee (i.e. Tiger).....ankle (ME....lol...left ankle...)....elbow (right one prolly).....

OR OTHERS...

 

[birdie_man]

Any moves that are commonly injury prone?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Ya, keep hitting off matts and watch your left wrist, eblow, and shoulder go to shit.

 

[birdie_man]

Sounds like you know from experience....?

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My shoulder's been scarin me a bit.....left shoulder....seems like you'll never get injured until you actually do.....

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

My left shoulder became severly inflamed due to proper ballstriking off of matts.

No where to take a divot on a matt and the shoulder is the "end of the road" of the shock of impact.

Before that it goes through the wrist and the elbow.

 

[Little Brit]

I am having a lot of problems with my fingers. It looks like I will even have to have one operated on. (due to messing up my shot and hitting very fat) also from hitting out the rough, it hurts all the time now. Other fingers are becoming a problem too. I might just have to go back to picking the ball instead of taking a divot if this continues.

 

[Jared Willerson]

My right shoulder from the tip all the way across and up my neck has been killing me for the last year. I think it's because of the roundhouse move I get sometimes at the bottom of my swing.

Feels like a pinched nerve or a torn muscle hurts like he77. When it gets too bad I take some anti-inflammatories.

 

[Bill Miracle]

I don't know if this is common or not....

but since I've been focusing on flat LW/bent RW, my forearms are sore and I get numb/tingling fingers that come and go. Didn't hit for a few days (cause of rain) and it got somewhat better.

 

[Paul_K2]

I think the most popular injury is blisters on the hands.

Common cause is a bad grip

 

[danny_shank]

What about lower back trouble.

I suffered from that when i was only 14 largely due to the type of thinking you can see in the "This guy likes "X-Factor"" thread.