Sports Chiropractic to Prevent Golf Injuries (And Even Improve Your Game!)
The game of golf offers a variety of ways to both stay physically active and socially engaged for business, pleasure, and well into retirement, provided you can avoid some of the painful pitfalls commonly associated with playing the game.
Golfer’s elbow, a frequent overuse injury among players, as well as shoulder issues, back strain, and knee pain from various repetitive motions and rotational stress over time, can all threaten your time on the course unless you have a dedicated injury prevention protocol.
Sports chiropractic care can be an extremely beneficial part of a proactive injury prevention effort for golfers of all ages and levels.
A sports chiropractic evaluation begins with an in-depth analysis of body alignment, posture, and muscle balance both for overall body movement and sports-specific motions. An improperly aligned and unbalanced body will have a limited range of motion, improperly distributed forces, and other bio-mechanical issues that can affect both how performance and the likelihood of injury.
At DTX Sports Medicine, our team will design an individualized pre-habilitation plan to identify and correct misalignments, increase flexibility and/or strengthen weaker muscles called upon in golf-specific motions. The plan is generally supported by regular chiropractic adjustments (when necessary) to maintain body alignment, therapeutic sports massage to release myofascial constrictions resulting from play, and a variety of other innovative sports rehab modalities designed to reduce pain and inflammation, encourage mobility and improve recovery times after play or injury.
By addressing functional issues, overall movement quality is enhanced and range of motion is improved. As a result, sports chiropractic care can actually result in an improved swing and stance, better overall body conditioning, less fatigue, decreased likelihood of injury, and an elevated performance on the golf course.
Whether you are experiencing pain from playing golf or unrelated pain is keeping you off the course, sports chiropractic care can help, and the sooner you address Ssports-related pain, the better.
At DTX Sports Medicine we routinely work with both injured and uninjured golfers using a variety of sports chiropractic therapies and techniques geared toward individual body and swing mechanics to help them prevent injury and improve their game. Contact us today.
