Golfers’ Low Back Pain – The Core Issue
Put it all into action.
Ok. You have the basics of anatomy, biomechanics, swing faults that cause injuries, and fixes. Now what? How in the world do you take what you have learned and turn that into a result that will actually achieve the outcome you want: no back [...]
Golfers’ Low Back Pain – The Core Issue
Fixes and Prevention
By now I hope you are seeing a trend…that there are only a few problems responsible for most of the lower back injuries and swing faults golfers experience. It is very simple. Level the pelvis, free the hamstrings and hip rotation, improved stability in the hips, [...]
Golfers’ Low Back Pain – The Core Issue
Swing Faults and Injuries – there is a relationship between swing faults and injuries, and poor biomechanics and swing faults. In this lesson we are going to look at how several common swing faults are related to injuries. We will also look at how abnormal biomechanics can create [...]
Golfers’ Low Back Pain – The Core Issue
Biomechanics-the study of motion in living organisms-is the topic of this lesson. Biomechanics is a very broad field. Thousands of people are researching how the human body moves, and why it moves the way it does. At Body Balance for Performance we have taken on this study relative [...]
Golfers’ Low Back Pain – The Core Issue
Lower Back Anatomy
Anatomy, how the body is built, is a key to understanding the role of the low back in the golf swing. In this segment we are going to study the anatomy of the lower back and pelvis. There are many important structures in this area. There [...]
The Low Back – Injuries in Golf
Lower back injuries are prevalent in golf. The statistics are clear; if you stand on two feet and play golf there’s a high probability that your back will hurt. In this installment we will discuss the disorders of the lower back. While there are many more injuries than listed [...]
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is a common dilemma to which there seems to be no good answer. The chicken and egg question for golfers is this: when you get hurt in golf is your body the problem or is it your swing? The answer to this question is a bit [...]
