If one of the fittest golfers in the world (Tiger Woods) gets injured, what makes you think the average golfer, especially senior golfer won’t. Odds are they will, and will continue to until action is taken to strengthen and stretch muscles specific to your golf swing.

If any golfer thinks that being somewhat physically fit for golf is not advantageous, then I don’t know what planet you’re on. When was the last time you saw an unfit guy win on tour? Rarely ever! There’s a reason why. Don’t be in denial. Don’t be part of the masses of golfers who shun fitness, as you will also be among the masses who plays hurt all the time, and also watches your game decline year after year.

Here’s 7 Simple Steps To A Better Golf Swing

• Grip
• Posture
• Ball Position
• Takeaway
• Top Of Backswing
• Downswing
• Impact

Grip

Your golf grip is your ONLY connection to your club. If you do not hold the club properly, you will not come into impact with a square clubface.

Just the other day I started to feel my elbow on the course and made sure to ice it right after I was done. The pain fortunately went away until… the next time I played (Ugh).

Again I iced it and it felt better, but the next time I went out to play I made sure to have a light grip on the club and it made a huge difference!

Goes to show you how tight we grip the club and don’t even know it.

As a golfer, elbow injury or strain should first be treated as I did above. If that doesn’t work, take a week off from playing or hitting balls. If that doesn’t work, you may need to see an orthopedic or a therapist for more advanced therapy or treatment.

Read more on elbow injury to a golfer and see all our golf injury, including our complete golf improvement articles section of the main site!

Having pain in your lower back not only affects your golf game, but your quality of life. But I have to say…”there is hope”. Doing nothing will get you nowhere. But doing some simple stretches and strength exercises targeting the muscles in your lower back will make all the difference.

For more information, go to the golf injury section of the main site.

We’ve all been there. Starting off playing okay…and then all of a sudden you feel the dreaded twinge in your lower back. You know what happens next. You start making compensations in your golf swing to avoid the low back pain.

The end results is more swing faults occurring and your score ballooning right before your very eyes. Doesn’t this sound familiar? If you are in this demographic, you’ve got to implement some simple back exercises for golf that will eliminate back pain and get your swing back on track.

These exercises are specific to your lower back, and are both stretching and strengthening in nature to give you long-term results and prevention of any future back pain.

Exercises targeting your glutes, hamstrings, lower back and even hips will be the most effective exercises for golfers with back pain. All of these areas tie into the lower back and can together, or independently cause severe back pain if not addressed with a back exercise program for golf.

A simple exercise for your back is Opposite Arm Leg Raise exercise. Take a look at the picture on that page and you’ll see how simple and effective it is.

This is just one of several effective and simple strength and stretching exercises for your lower back. I hope I’ve convinced you to get “off the course” and work on your back pain.

First off…look at the position of your body when you’re putting. You have a big flex in your back (fending forward), which puts a lot of strain on your hamstrings, glutes and lower back muscles.

When you putt, you are in this position for extended periods of time.

If your golf putting muscles which are your hamstrings, glutes and lower back as mentioned above are inflexible and weak, your lower back takes all the pressure.

The remedy!

Stretch and strengthen those muscles. This will not only reduce, eliminate and prevent low back pain when your doing your golf putting practice, but it will do the same for your full swing. Golf is brutal on the body…and the ONLY way to avoid this is to strengthen and stretch the “machine” involved.

Here’s a little tip when doing your golf putting practice.

After you hit 5 or 6 putts…put your golf putter down and do some easy toe touches to keep your hamstrings, glutes and lower back nice and loose.

Do them gently and slowly to avoid any pulling or straining.

Statistics show that over 80% of all amateur golfers have or have played with low back pain at some point during their golfing days.

Wow!

That’s a HUGE number… and doesn’t have to be that way.

The simple (yet takes a little effort) approach is to do simple golf stretches and strength training exercises to enable the low back to withstand the intense pressure put on it during the golf swing… for 18 holes.

In my golf training manual I even have an entire chapter on golf stretches you can do in your office… right in your chair!

To cut right to the chase… you’ll want to focus on “rotational” exercises and stretches to get the most “bang-for-your-buck”!

Hitting more balls is not the answer to improving your low back pain!

Getting off the course (and range) and strengthening and stretching your low back IS the answer!

This doesn’t have to be!

With a few simple golf stretches and golf exercises you’ll never expose your low back to injury ever again!

The low back is susceptible to injury because the golf swing can be up to 140 mph…and if the lower back muscles are not strong enough or flexibile enough, the low back takes the brunt of the strain.

If you want to enjoy a LONG golfing career with no pain, start on a golf training program today!

DENVER (AP) – A federal jury has awarded nearly $2 million to a man who was struck in the head when a golf club came apart during a swing, but he will receive less because of state limits, his lawyer said.

The lawsuit said David R. Price, 48, was injured in April 2002 at the Sunset Golf Course in Longmont when a pitching wedge made by Wilson Sporting Goods Co. came apart while is son was swinging it.

The damage award was handed up Tuesday. The company’s lawyer, Richard Waltz, declined to comment.

Price’s lawyer, Ben Aisenberg, said Price would likely collect about $1.1 million, not counting interest, because state limits on jury awards apply in federal court. The exact amount still must be calculated, he said.

“We’re satisfied with the verdict,” Aisenberg said. Price declined to comment.

Witnesses testified Price lost his job and home in foreclosure because of his injuries.

U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel had ruled before the trial that Wilson was responsible for manufacturing a defective club. The 10-member jury’s job was to determine the amount of the damage award.