Golfers Common Injuries

Upper Or Lower Crossed Syndrome: What can you do about it?

It doesn’t matter what handicap level a golfer has, we all have our own daily aches & pains to deal with. If correct precautions and simple fixes are not implemented this can lead to long term injuries down the road.

Golfers generally suffer from the same few areas of pain:

• Lower back

• Wrist

• Shoulder/Elbow

The repetitive motion of swinging a golf club does not help; however, the biggest root cause is actually not the golf swing itself, but what we do in our daily activities.

Habits have become increasingly worse over the past few decades.

• Use of mobile phones

• Commuting

• Sleeping patterns

• Working long hours sitting at a desk

• General lack of exercise & movement

If action is not taken simple day to day tasks such as putting on shoes or reaching overhead will become more strenuous as we get older.

Whilst we perform different tasks, the body position we find ourselves in is always very similar.

This leads to a host of postural issues

• Rounding of the upper back caused by a weak neck & tight pectorals, a tight upper back and weak mid back. This is known as the Upper Crossed Syndrome.

• Arched lower back caused by tight hip flexors & lower back muscles. This leads to weak abdominals & weak glutes. This is known as the Lower Crossed Syndrome.