I woke up Thursday with a back ache from ****. Couldn't really stand up straight, couldn't move around too much, just stuck laying on the floor. Friday, after a vicadin, the ole back was feeling a little better. Well like any normal red blooded man, I went to the driving range. Knowing my back was in no shape to pound em too hard, I started easy and focused on not tweaking myself. This might have been the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The ball was coming off straight and long. I was keeping my hands in a little closer to my body and slowed my rhythm down a bit. Now if I can just remember this next time I go out (Monday morning http://www.washingtonnationalgolfclu...enu=golfcourse) I might be in business.
Happy Fourth of July everyone. And to our not so American posters, happy Sunday
Last edited by stlcard_25 : November 13th, 2005 at 05:58 PM.
That sounds like something I must have said to myself about--oh, a million times. It's a good thought. I write these key insights down and put a 3x5 card in my pocket just so I don't forget.
Take care of that back, hold that thought, and have a great round.
Water, sand, trees, water, sand, trees.... With all those hazards, I'd drown myself before the round was over. Just kidding, Keith, but it doesn't look like a place for the faint of heart. The hole-by-hole tour was pretty neat.
The only thing I didn't like was the hokey labelling of the tees Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Husky. Other than that, a great looking facility. Have a good day.
Knowing my back was in no shape to pound em too hard, I started easy and focused on not tweaking myself. This might have been the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The ball was coming off straight and long.
To me, it makes sense that protecting your back helped your swing. A few years ago, I broke my left elbow (ice skating). About 6 weeks later, when golf season started, I could swing a club but to keep from stressing my left arm, I was more forceful with my right. End result: more balanced arm action (I had been too dominant with my left) and much straighter shots. Arm got better, swing got worse!
Then yesterday, I played a very hilly course (I walk) with temps in the upper 80s. After the front 9, we were really dragging. But my back-9 score was 7 shots better than my front-9 score. On the back, I just didn't have the energy to "go after" the ball. It was all I could do to make a smooth swing.
Maybe there's some logic in the saying: "Beware the injured golfer."
I believe those who have said that if your back hurts after you were playing, you were doing something wrong.
If that's the case, there are a great many fine professional golfers who are doing something wrong then.
To be sure, we can do damage to ourselves by overswinging, by being too tense, and by having too fat a gut; but the constant rotation of the body around the spine in the golf swing takes its toll with even the best of swings. Sometimes our backs are simply predisposed to wear out by genetic factors beyond our control, even if we're doing everything right.
I just ******* my back yesterday. Not really screwed it, but i took a big rip at the ball and i pulled some muslces in my back, that is what doc says anyways. I think i over rotated or something, but **** did it hurt to finish the round, i was doing good too :(
Last edited by stlcard_25 : November 13th, 2005 at 05:25 PM.
mind over matter! i have a bulging disk that's pinching a nerve, I was pretty hooked on pain killers until last week when I decided my back would no longer hurt me--- it hasnt yet! Ill be a buddhist by next week.
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