Golf Injuries

General Advice

Many golf injuries can be effectively self managed with the help of expert advice from a Chartered Physiotherapist / Physical Therapist.

Common golf injuries affect the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand and thumb. Lower back pain can also sometimes be a problem. Golfers elbow refers to pain on the inside of the elbow.

Golf swing technique and grip of the club has a huge role to play in golf injury prevention and cure

At Physiobench we can help you self manage your golf injury

Every injury is unique, so self managing your golf injury doesn't necessarily involve following a standard set of exercises. However we encourage you to first explore our general advice

To greatly improve your chance in succeeding to self manage your injury, our expert team of Chartered Physiotherapists / Physical Therapists can help. You can choose a physio with the right specialist skills who can provide you with a personalised treatment programme

Articles

• Rotator cuff injury

  by Jane Hodgson 12 September 2008

  The rotator cuff is collective name for the four muscles the attach the scapula (shoulder blade) to the humerus (upper arm bone) The four muscles are •Supraspinatus •Infraspinatus •Terres minor •Subscapularis As a whole the rotator cuff stabilises the shoulder joint and facilitates its movement. Injury to the rotator cuff is a common shoulder injury

• Tennis elbow and neck

  by Jane Hodgson 3 July 2008

  You don’t have to play tennis to get tennis elbow and neck. Any repetitive action that uses the muscles which pull back and/ or turn the wrist can set it off such as using a screwdriver, a computer keyboard or playing a musical instrument.