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Golfhacker originally published this article in its sample edition. As Golfhacker Magazine has grown in popularity we thought it would be best to republish it. Mark Curtis is a Sport Physiotherapist with over 12 years experience who kindly wrote this piece to help fellow golfers prevent getting lower back pain. It is essential reading. ______________________________________________________________________ Whether a fellow hacker or a seasoned professional, you have more than likely picked up one or two injuries on the golf course in your time. Lower back pain is the number one injury sustained by golfers, accounting for up to 34.5% of all injuries. Several factors have been linked to causing lower back pain whilst playing golf, including altered posture and swing faults, inadequate warm up, and poor body conditioning (areas of weakness or stiffness). But how can you identify these problems and reduce the risk of injury to your lower back? Making sure your posture is correct when addressing the ball is extremely important. The two most common posture ‘faults’ that golfers adopt are an excessive C- Posture and S Posture. (C-Posture above, S-Posture right) C-Posture is used to describe a posture that occurs when your slump forward at the address and you have a definitive roundness to your mid back. This limits the amount of rotation available throughout the trunk. The golfer, therefore, has to compensate by excessive movement at the shoulders and legs to generate force. S-Posture is a postural characteristic that can be caused by the player creating too much arch in the lower back by sticking their tail bone out and lifting their chest up. This excessive curvature in the lower back is caused by tight lower back and hip flex or muscles and weak abdominal muscles.
EQUIPMENT & FASHION FROM TO BOMBTECH MIZUNO: SEARCH FOR OUR BEST GOLF THE GEAR Buy the latest gear and improve your game. That is what you are told anyway. Well, here at Golfhacker, we have done the hard work for you and cater for every budget. Our Equipment Editor, William Murfitt, asks if you can really get three wedges from Bombtech for $97? We also take a closer look at the new Mizuno GT180 Driver and Evnroll's ER9 putter.
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