Already in the Ancient Age It is known that a game made of feathers and a curved stick was popular among the Romans, but golf, as it has become ours, was popularized by the Scots between the 14th and 15th centuries . Currently in Spain we have almost 400 golf courses and we approached the 275,000 federal licenses.
GolfConfidential.- /> For the uninitiated, this sport has a reputation for being quiet and demanding little physical activity, however physical condition is important to prevent injuries, given that a round of golf involves between 7 and 10 kilometers of course, about 4 or 5 hours of play and about 70 to 120 goals on a ball, without training routines, warm-ups and stretches the injuries are on the order of the day. The age factor is also important as in Spain almost 70% of golfers are over the age of one.
They need nothing less than 124 muscles, tendons and bones to perform a swing, and this repetitive movement, if we do not have a very refined technique, can give our musculoskeletal system, as being a rotating movement the joints suffer significantly.
The most common injuries in golf are:
– Golfer’s elbow. It is a tendinitis in the insertion of the muscles of this part of the body. You have an incidence around 60% of golfers, and they will chronicle you when it is not treated correctly. Stretching and good hydration are essential to prevent this injury
– Shoulder injuries. There are usually problems in the supraspinatus tendon, better known as the rotator cuff, are common in players who have a very fast swing, in many cases are not treated correctly and tend to become chronic making this fun sport a constant nuisance. .
Back injuries. The problem is most frequently questioned in intensive golfers, the strong rotational movement of the intervertebral discs and the surrounding muscle bundle, causing scattered pain in the spine that affects the postural condition and reduces our ability to rotate and therefore the distance in the footprint. Fibrillar ruptures by this rotational movement are tremendously common in sporadic players.
-Muscular overloads. Muscle overload is an involuntary and continuous contraction of muscle fibers as a result of excessive exercise or the poor execution of an exercise. In golfers, the most common overloads are usually on the shoulder, grimace or knee.
-Injuries to the Achilles tendon. They are usually tendinitis, but you can also break the tendon. These injuries usually occur in patients who are in poor physical shape and do not practice any other type of sport or training.
– Pain in the neck and in the lumbar area if you do not have a good technique, a poorly performed movement will cause pain in the back area.
How can golf injuries be prevented?
-Perfecting the technique, Getting a refined technique and having a good instructor are key pieces in golf injury prevention.
– Stay hydrated, approximately four hours of outdoor deportation requires good hydration to decrease the chances of suffering from, for example, tendinitis.
-Take care of your fitness, it is not necessary to be a bodybuilder or crush in the gym to play golf, but if it is true that the stronger and more toned we are the less likely we will have to suffer any injury
– Do stretches at the end of the game and previous warm-ups, it is important that at the beginning and end of the game we warm up and stretch the messages to give them more flexibility.
Many of the injuries that occur while playing golf are resolved with rest, painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, even knowing that these drugs hurt our stomach if we consume them in excess.
Currently, thanks to regenerative medicine is achieving a great improvement in injuries associated with the practice of golf, and many patients are getting to continue enjoying this sport and without limitations in their daily lives.
In Cres Clinics they have medical professionals who are experts in regenerative medicine who can help you solve your injury and alleviate pain without the need for surgery or hospitalize you with very novel and efficient treatments, to use the patient’s own biological material (clauses and tissues) no there is a possibility of rejection, so it significantly minimizes many of the complications and adverse effects that can occur with more conventional treatments. These new regenerative medicine techniques achieve the regeneration of damaged tissues and are proving to be highly effective in many of the joint and muscle injuries.
Many high-level athletes, known to all, use them systematically, with very good results in their athletic performance.
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