There is often talk of physical activity. And we focus attention on the need that this healthy habit is regular and, above all, engage the locomotor apparatus globally, helping to Reinforce muscles, tendons and ligaments. Above all, it must never be forgotten that it is also important to train coordination and strength of movements. If you try to mix these ingredients you could find asports activity combining movementthrough the walks in the green, with check of physical acts e concentration and consequent well being psychophysical. We are talking about the golf.
And then, here are some advice for optimal physical activity and, in particular, to know the potential risks related to this sport. Recently, the experts of the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology have taken stock of this physical activity. So here are some practical indications.
Because it is good
For bones, muscles and joints the golf can really prove to be a sort of “passport” for health. First of all, in fact, it is a sport that generally presents with poor joint impact and therefore low frequency of acute accidents. In terms of cardiovascular prevention, remembering to avoid the car to move to the green, it allows you to do long walks with fast steps, outdoors. These are factors that promote potential positive effects of metabolic order.
Still. On the psychological front The green of the field also helps the mind As well as the need for concentration necessary for the golfist. Without forgetting the important aspect of the companywhich still favors the La socialization With advantageous effects especially in the most advanced ages.
All, concluding, with the possibility of promoting a Good trophism of musclesi, both of the lower part of the body and the upper one, and in particular of behind and arms.
For this reason, according to the experts, of the trafficking of the sport more recommended even for those who have one hip or knee prostheses; The specific characteristics of this sport (low impact, coordinated movements) ensure that the prostheses have no important stress allowing maximum tranquility in practicing this sport even with assiduity. Obviously, to have the greatest positive effects, it is necessary to be trained. Just remember in this sense the words that some time ago pronounced Alberto Momoli, director UOC Orthopedia and traumatology “San Bortolo” hospital in Vicenza. In summary: golf is good but,
“Like all sports, it needs a athletic preparation the greater the higher the level reached. We therefore recommend an adequate heating and stretching of all muscle districts before the start of the sporting day and, for more experienced players, a targeted athletic preparation is useful and followed by a personal trainer. If you arrive at the practice of golf after an accident or in the presence of joint prostheses, it is important to evaluate in advance with your orthopedic intensity, frequency and preparation “
Report the expert.
What to pay attention to
With golf also some pitfalls To pay attention to: from the low back pain to the tenthinopathies of the elbow, to the pains on the shoulders, wrists and knees. Siot’s orthopedics warn: back, elbow, shoulder, wrist and knee, in order, must be preserved. Remembering to be careful as soon as they manifest annoyance.
Let’s start from backachelocated at the height of the lumbar part. The repeated stress of the athletic gesture in the golf (the main charge is the twist of the column during swing) can cause pain in the column, mainly in the lower part. The pain is supported by a muscle contracture, sometimes temporary and reversible, but often by excessive overload on the joint faces and for the presence of discopathies. In this case, a medical supervision is appropriate, any diagnostic assessments and refrain for a more or less long period, after the most indicated treatments, by golf activity.
Chapter elbow. The tendinitis are due to the repetition of the typical movements of this sport, with continuous stress on the insertion of the forearm tendons on the bone. Epitrocleitis (also known as the “golfber”) is the most frequent pathology of the elbow, responsible for pain and can seriously limit the athletic gesture. Also in this case, the persistence of pain requires medical checks and adequate therapies (Fisiochinesitherapy cycles, protection with appropriate guardians, any changes to the handbraft of the Mazza).
Going up towards the other, pain can appear shoulderwhich in golfers is in relation to an overload of the tendons called “rotator cap”. Also in this case, repeated movements can cause acute inflammation, degenerations, burses, microlesions up to complete lesions of the tendons, especially of the above. Diagnostic investigations (ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging) can quantify the extent of the tendon damage and direct towards the most correct therapy which, sometimes, can also be surgical. Often appropriate physiotherapy treatments can solve the problem.
For the wristremember that the inflammation of the tendons between wrist and hand, in particular in the sheath surrounding the tendons (tenosinovitis), can favor its appearance. The transmission to the wrist of the entire swing cycle causes overloads that can lead to pain; In this case, protection, often used as prevention; A early diagnosis and treatment prevents this pathology from being chronic with consequent abstention from sporting activity.
Finally, the athletic gesture, the rotation of thehip is stabilized with the help of knee that it can undergo important overloads, sometimes the object of injuries to be paid by the menisci or cartilage (often already worn in old age). The indicated therapy (sometimes also surgical) depends a lot on the extent of the damage, on the age and frequency of sports.
