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The Golf Rehabilitation and Fitness Program at Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates offers proper golf conditioning and endurance training that is crucial to getting the most out of your game and avoiding injury. Our Titleist-certified golf fitness instructors are familiar with faulty swing patterns and golf biomechanics. They can ensure you’re optimizing your game and minimizing your chance of injury.
The Swing Is The Thing The golf swing requires your spine to flex, side-bend, rotate, and extend. When done repetitively, these motions can place a tremendous amount of force through all of your joints, especially your spine. The compressive forces sent through the spine during a golf swing have been shown to be typically eight times a person’s body weight. These forces are mostly absorbed through bones in the spine (vertebrae), fluid inside spinal discs and small joints in the spine (the facets). The combination of high repetition and high force increases the likelihood of injury, especially if incorrect golf swing patterns and muscle imbalance or tightness exist. A Common Problem One of the most common faults we see is poor set-up or address position, called C-posture. This posture usually occurs in golfers who spend most of their workday in front of a desk, computer or driving. This carries over to the address position, causing the anterior shoulder muscles to get tight while the posterior, deep, cervical muscles and scapular muscles get weak and unstable. This combination is called an upper crossed syndrome, and can cause many miscues in a player's swing. Often, the solution is strengthening the shoulder rotators and scapular stabilizers while stretching the pectoralis muscles, lat muscles and tight cervical muscles. This stretching regimen is imperative prior to play, while at work, and even during play. |
Our Golf Fitness & Conditioning Services Include:
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