The repetitive, one-sided nature of a golf swing means it’s common to see muscular injuries in the lower back, hips, shoulder, and elbow. Being one-sided also often means the other side of the body compensates for the pain, and often, golfers find their whole bodies become sore. Yoga for golfers helps prevent injuries. To protect yourself from these potential injuries you need to stretch regularly.
The most common golf injuries:
Golf and Low Back Pain
An estimated 75 to 85 percent of golfers will experience some form of back pain during their lifetime. These simple yoga poses will relieve tight muscles in your back to alleviate pain and discomfort.
Shoulder injuries in golf
Golfers also experience a lot of soreness around the head and neck, as well as in between the shoulder blades. This is usually caused as the body tightens for the swing.
Shoulder Stretch Pose gives a stretch to the shoulder with one side of the front shoulder on the floor and the other off the floor.
Helps to release tension in the back, shoulders, and chest. Stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles too.
Cobra Pose might help relieve chronic back pain. It’s a fab counteraction stretch for your spine and chest. It can help take pressure off the lower back and encourages better spinal alignment.
Upward-facing dog pose stretches the front of the body, chest and spine, while strengthening the wrists, arms, and shoulders.
The camel is a great yoga pose for strengthening the muscles in the lower back. Stronger lower back muscles can also prevent future bouts of lower back pain.
There are plenty of injuries a golfer can sustain, and massage can help heal and prevention of these issues. Massage guns encourage healing and recovery and increase blood flow to the sore muscles in your shin. For recovery, it is a good idea to use a massage gun as soon after golf as you can. It should be used for around two to three minutes on muscles that you usually have problems with after a round of golf.
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