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Preventing Common Injuries in Golfers
With golf becoming one of the most popular past times, an increase in overuse orthopedic conditions and acute musculoskeletal pain has become more common in all ages.    Golf related injury and overuse pathology can occur in anyone from the high school athlete to the weekend warrior if certain steps toward prevention are not addressed. Two of the most common golfer’s injuries are lumbar strain/sprain (low back pain) and medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow). These two conditions can be easily avoided with a solid stretching and strengthening program. In order to prevent or fix any type of overuse or acute orthopedic injury you must first understand the predisposing factors to each specific condition.

Lumbar Strain/Sprain -- Low back pain can be linked to numerous musculoskeletal, neurological, and systemic conditions. For the purpose of this article, I will address only the musculoskeletal/orthopedic predisposing factors for experiencing lumbar pain. Lumbar pain is most commonly attributed to five factors in the athletic/active population...[read more]