by Andy Hosgood | Feb 28, 2023 | Golf, Health & Wellness
With over 60 million golfers playing an average of twice a week, golf is an excellent form of exercise. Golf can extend your life by 5 years. The health benefits for golf are often over looked. This has been the case for many years. BUT in 2018 the International...
by Andy Hosgood | Feb 28, 2023 | Golf, Research
This overview of injuries on golfers is based upon a published review article from 2006. It is also important to note that the descriptions applies to right handed golfers. Overview of Injuries on golfers Golf is seen as a low risk, low impact sport. Therefore, many...
by Andy Hosgood | Feb 28, 2023 | Golf, Research
Welcome to part 1 of this 3 part series. We hope it brings insight and is informative. The aim is to provide information so you can make better choices how you approach lower back pain and your golf. Lower Back Pain and Golf Lower back pain is a common injury which...
by Andy Hosgood | Feb 28, 2023 | Golf, Rehabilitation
In this final part of a 3 part series we explore playing golf with lower back pain and options to overcome it. This is the final part of the series. This follows on from part 1 where we look at the spine and the golf swing and part 2 where we look at common reasons...
by Andy Hosgood | Feb 28, 2023 | Golf, Research
In this article we look at the evidence behind why golfers can lower back and discuss areas which can be changed. This is part 2 of a 3 part series which follows on from part 1 which looked at the anatomy of the spine and the forces applied through it during a swing....
by Summit | Dec 19, 2019 | Golf, Health & Wellness, Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, Running
Introduction We have some new and very exciting equipment available at our clinics. Here at Summit Physiotherapy, our main focus is to keep you injury-free and out of our clinics for as long as possible. However, when you do visit us, we ensure you leave us performing...
