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Yoga On High
(614) 291-4444
1081 N High St
Columbus, OH
Wiseways Yoga & Movement Arts
(614) 488-3041
1520 W 1st Ave
Columbus, OH
Institute For Yoga and Esoteric Sciences
(614) 888-6264
1213 Vinewood Dr
Columbus, OH
Yoga Factory the
(614) 891-8866
223 E Broadway Ave
Westerville, OH
Energy Therapies For Health
(614) 431-6430
36 Brookehill Dr
Powell, OH
V Power Yoga
(614) 228-9642
240 N 5th St
Columbus, OH
Center For Wholeness
(614) 784-8488
3408 Indianola Ave
Columbus, OH
Gentle Wind
(614) 471-2281
4695 Morse Rd
Columbus, OH
Fusion Fitness & Wellness
(614) 895-3406
2 N State St
Westerville, OH
Harmony House Wellness Center
(614) 792-9295
420 W Olentangy St
Powell, OH
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Muscle Imbalance and Golf Injury

Simple Steps to Avoid Injury and Improve Play

Mar 28, 2011





For a golfer to improve, productive practice, in both quality and quantity, is imperative. The all-important practice can invite injury and have a detrimental effect on a golfer’s overall game if muscle imbalance begins to occur.

Like every bodily system, muscles and muscle groups depend on each other. Each muscle and muscle group has a length-tension relationship that must remain in balance for optimal performance. During a repetitive motion, particularly one as demanding as a golf swing , this balance can become compromised. At which point injury is inevitable unless addressed and corrected.

“In a game like golf where you are constantly trying to repeat your swing, and under such physical strain, it is a strong likelihood that muscle imbalance will happen,” says Jim Willet, Vice President of Fitness Operations at Toronto-based Fabs Cyberfitness. According to Willet, “If you are a right handed golfer you are constantly moving your body from right to left under a heavy workload. No different than a factory worker on a line moving something heavy from their right to left, over and over again.” Once muscles begin to get over used and fatigue they shorten. Next neighboring muscles begin to compensate and they to can become overworked as well. Think of a domino effect. If it gets to this point of muscle imbalance a golfer will begin feeling it in their everyday movements, and seeing it in their performance on the course.

Fortunately, according to Willet, some simple preventative maintenance training before these problems occur will keep muscle imbalance at bay.

Firstly, stretching. Those tired and shortened muscles need to be lengthened. Pilates and Yoga are great muscle lengthening activities and they contribute to overall health. Also, remember to stretch well before practicing or playing a round of golf, as well as on off-days.

Secondly, strength training. ...

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