As you can imagine, with all of the walking and swinging that you do with clubs on the green back injuries are quite common. However, aside from using muscle rubs, and ice packs or back braces simply taking the time to do proper conditioning of your back muscles can help to avoid these problems. It is also important to ensure that you get the rest that you need following a game of golf to ensure that your back has the time to rest between activities that it needs. If you play continuous games back to back, you may want to consider an occasional massage or even a chiropractic alignment.

Another common injury is tennis elbow, or more commonly called in golf &’ golfer&’s elbow. This typically results most often in players who are playing a lot suddenly. However, there are a few minor differences between tennis and golfer&’s elbow. The primary difference is that tennis elbow impacts the outside of the upper arm, while golfer&’s elbow impacts the inner arm. While there is no specific way to avoid these injuries they are most often caused by suddenly playing a lot. For example, if you typically play a single game a month then suddenly entered into a very long tournament you could potentially be at risk for developing either tennis elbow or golfer&’s elbow.

As can be expected shoulder injuries also top the list of major problems for golfers. You can just imagine the pressure that is put on the shoulders as you are swinging the clubs continuously. Take a body that is tired or worn out in the least and you have a prime recipe for an injury. To avoid this you need to ensure that you are warming up your shoulder muscles as much as possible before a game and work hard to ensure that you are taking proper care of your body.

One other problem that tends to occur a lot is carpal tunnel syndrome. This happens primarily due to repetition stress. For example, if you play numerous games of golf in a row for several months straight you could be looking at a potential injury in progress. The results of the injury can be quite serious at times, but if you are careful and catch it early typically just a brace will solve your problems. However, serious cases of carpel tunnel can cause you to be incapacitated or even require surgery in order to use your hands appropriately. The problem is that carpel tunnel syndrome can often give no serious signs until it appears and causes problems. Always ensure that you wear a wrist brace if you start to notice that you are having serious wrist pain.

Senior golf does have advantages and some disadvantages. The most common disadvantage is the injury rate. Seniors over fifty have more of a chance of injury than a golfer who is younger. To understand and treat your injury is important. Preventing an injury is even more important. Sometimes no matter how careful you are, you can sustain an injury. The most common injury is tendonitis of the wrist as well as the hamate fracture. Back and ankle injuries are also seen with senior golfers. Prevention is the key to a successful season of golf.

Sometimes preventing the hamate fracture condition is not easy. The symptoms of a hamate fracture are pain around the wrist area and the heel of the hand. You might also have no feeling in your fingers, mostly the little finger. For the most part, an x-ray will not reveal the fracture, but a MRI will show the hamate fracture. As you may know already, the MRI is very expensive. Early detection is crucial for a senior golfer. If it is left untreated, it will hinder your performance on the course and cause more pain than you can tolerate.

If you think you have a hamate fracture, you should see a doctor for treatment. The treatment is a simple process where the hook is removed and the wrist is then able to have blood flow to it again. The surgery works better than just simple immobilizing the wrist. It could take weeks to recover when and the golfer will need to refrain from golf.

You can prevent a wrist problem by changing the way you grip and hold your club. A different club design and style may also prevent the wrist problem. If you have a tight hold on the golf club, you are more prone to a hamate fracture. Adjust your grip will help prevent a hamate fracture and prevent tendonitis as well. Senior golf does also affect your overall body. Staying fit will help prevent injuries and allow you to keep with the game.

Some senior golf players experience back pain. This is common if you put your entire body into the swing. Some golfers will wear a back brace to keep the back straighter when completing the swing. They make braces that are more comfortable than the old styled braces that were bulky and stiff. Another complaint is ankle injuries. As you swing, you are not only twisting the back, but also the ankle. This can cause a sprain, which will hurt more so than if you would break your ankle and may take longer to heal.

Senior golf pros are just as prone to injury as the seasoned players. If you keep your body limber, take precautions with your grip, swing, and follow through, you can prevent injury. Use the right equipment as well. You can enjoy playing senior golf up to any age as long as you adjust your game as you age. Preventing back, wrist and ankle injuries are important so you can keep playing the game.

In fact, this type of pains is very general for golfers, although they have a good exercise and training. As a golfer, you should know about these common injuries in order to protect your self form serious injure.

Common injuries are

Muscle sore
Muscle sore can happen very often. Muscle sore can happen to both group of muscle that often used and group of muscle that rare used. The muscle sore happens when the tissues called &’Microscopic&’ has injured or tear. This type of muscle sore is the injury that happens to only external cell and tissue (Micro Trauma), which generally has no serious impact. You may only feel a little sore but still be able to move the organs normally. These types of injuries require only 1-2 day recovering without additional treatment and you may not have to go to hospital. However, you can get some kind of slight treatment such as massage. After the pain recover, you will feel that the muscle is more fit and strong.

Muscle pain during/after exercise
Muscle pain generally happens when you finish exercises that use one particular muscle group continuously. Using one particular muscle group continuously, the body will generate Lactic Acid, which is the chemical reaction within the muscle cells that make you feel pain. However, this type of symptom is not actually a deep pains, If you leave it for a while until the muscle get enough oxygen then the pain will self recovery. However, you have to be careful about the symptom of pain that may happen to specific area, if you feel very pain when move so you should be aware that there might be a deep pain to that area.

Cramp
Cramp is a reaction of the muscles that suddenly shrink and stuck for very short time, generally 1-5 minutes and the person who get cramp will have very deep pain at the spot of crump. The cause of crump is that the muscle has been used continuously for long time and loosing a lot of sweat. So you should drink water during the exercise often to prevent yourself from crump. The area that common get cramp are foot, calf, thing, stomach. You should stop exercise immediately after you got crump and relax the muscle until it recovers.

Recovery method (R.I.C.E.)
Rest: Do not continue exercise if you got pain
Ice: Use ice contained in plastic bag, massage at the spot of pain immediately after got injuries for about 3-4 hours
Compression: Bind the area of pain by using bandage to protect form movement and hit, but be careful not to bind too tight
Elevation: Lift up the organs that pain to relieve blood circulation. If you has arm injury, hanging the arm and make sure that the level of hand is higher than elbow.