by Tyler | February 7th, 2012
Shoulder Therapy Exercises Improved my Golf Game
Article by Peter English
I damaged my shoulder last year and had to give up golf. I thought that it would be a firly short vacation from the greens but as my shoulder deteriorated I soon realised that I would be away from all but the nineteenth hole for quite a long time.My shoulder injury turned out to be a torn rotator cuff, which turned into a shoulder impingement so after trying the usual treatments of steroid injections and physical therapy it was decided that I needed surgery.The surgery went well. I met with my surgeon after the operation where he explained that because of the severity of the tear in my rotator cuff and my age I might well be looking at twelve to eighteen months before I was fully recovered. As I was already missing my twice-weekly game of golf this did not appeal at all.Post op, I needed to have a couple of weeks off and give my shoulder complete rest and I took the opportunity to do a bit of research about shoulder injuries and discovered that shoulder therapy exercises form a big part of all shoulder rehabilitation whether it is after an operation or instead of one. It seems that most rotator cuff problems can be sorted out with anti-inflammatory drugs and physical therapy. I had been in a small minority in needing surgery.In my case the key was to rest my shoulder properly to allow healing of the surgery site and then to start some shoulder therapy exercises aimed at strengthening not just the injured rotator cuff but the whole shoulder.It takes around twenty two muscles to move yoru shoulder so the programme was a mix of exercises designed to isolate and work on specific muscles as well as exercises that looked at muscle groups. It appears that a rotator cuff tear does not have to heal completely for it to become pain free. By exercising and waking up all the shoulder muscles you support the damaged rotator cuff, take the load off it and allowing it to heal.I was back playing golf in just four months. More than anything else I believe that this was down to building up the exercises slowly and steering clear of anything that caused pain. Pain equals damage with shoulders so there is no point in rushing the exercises. I would have been happy with nine months after talking to the surgeon.But what is best is one of the side effects of the shoulder therapy exercises. Having stronger shoulders meant stronger hitting on the golf course. I am now consistently driving every fairway shot about ten percent further which makes me feel a whole lot better about the whole experience.So wake up your shoulders and improve your game.
Peter English is a keen golfer who was forced to give up golf after a shoulder injury but shoulder therapy exercises got him back playing better than ever after shoulder surgery.
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