Article List for Golf Fitness – The Body
Biomechanics 101 (Page 2)
Torso Acceleration Drill Get in a 5-iron posture with your arms crossed over your chest. Keep your pelvis in place and rotate the upper body toward your trail leg as far as you can comfortably go. Rotate back to the starting position without letting your pelvis move. Now finish the movement by rotating to a […]
Biomechanics 101
Crack the Whip to Get Your Swing Moving in the Right Direction By: Dr. Coy Roskosky & Phil Cheetham Recently, a fan favorite has returned to the PGA. After a shortened golf season due to his well documented back pain, Fred Couples has made it back. This guy looks like the Freddie we have always […]
No More Pain on the Practice Green
By: Karen Palacios-Jansen GFM Contributor Becoming a great putter takes a tremendous amount of time. You need to practice to develop feel and touch, but the long hours standing in a bent over position can weak havoc on your back, hips and neck. It is common knowledge to warm up and stretch before you play […]
Inflammation 101 For The Golfer
By: Tara Gidus Do you ever have a sore shoulder after a particularly intense round of golf, or a “bum knee” that requires repeated doses of anti-inflammatory medication? New research on inflammation reveals a link to painful joints and muscles, as well as chronic ailments such as heart disease, cancer, and a depressed immune system. […]
Getting a Grip on Wrist Injuries
By: Ramsay McMasters with Karen Palacios-Jansen A wrist injury can be devastating for a professional golfer. Phil Mickelson had to withdraw from several tournaments this past year because of a lingering left wrist injury he sustained playing a practice round at Oakmont CC, the site of the 2007 US Open. The left-hander failed to contend […]
Play Golf: Live Longer
Did you know that playing golf could help you live longer? It’s true. In a study conducted by the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports showed that people that play golf enjoy an increase in life expectancy. According to the study, the death rate for golfers is 40 percent lower than for non-golfers […]
Golf and Kickboxing
How A Professional Golfer and Her Trainer Found Two Sports A Mix To Success By: Mark Wahlton When we heard that LPGA 2006 Rookie of the Year, Seon-Hwa Lee, had incorporated kickboxing into her fitness regimen, we sent the GMF field team to Red Tail Golf Club-Seon-Hwa’s home course, located in Sorrento, Fl-to see how […]
Got Pain? Try A Golf Specific Massage
Lisa Ferfuson, CMT As an avid golfer, I well understand the emotional pain of a bad golfing day, 17 points over par, losing 6 balls to the water, hitting trees instead of the fairway, or playing in the sand traps! Oh, those growling days, when nothing seems to go right, but the ball! As a […]
Retooling Your Swing After A Rotator Cuff Injury
By: Karen Palacios-Jansen and Enrique Palacios MD, F.A.C.R Many golfers do not pay attention to the function of their rotator cuff and its critical role in the golf swing until they’ve had an injury to that area. Golfer can develop tendonitis, bursitis, and tears in the rotator cuff due to the repetitive motion of the […]
Ladies Tee – Good Posture
Creating symmetry within the body, as it relates to C Posture, is essential to improving your swing. Strengthening opposing muscle groups is absolutely necessary in order to achieve this. A few key exercises that will help you develop this balance are as follows: A. External rotator cuff exercise with a theraband Three of the four […]