Is golfer s elbow caused by playing golf?

Introduction: Golfer's elbow is a condition in which the elbow is sore due to the rise of the common tendon of the flexor muscles of the forearm. At this time, some inflammation can occur, which can lead to damage to the pronator muscles of the elbow.

The main cause of golfer's elbow is bone damage, and some tennis players and some golfers experience this symptom. It may be caused by long-term movement between the bones and muscles, resulting in muscle strain. In fact, these are not mainly caused by playing golf, but can also be caused by other sports.

People with a high incidence of it are people with elbow injuries, or badminton players, softball players, track and field athletes, etc. And some middle-aged and elderly people may also have this symptom due to their own overwork, so this symptom will occur in many people, not necessarily golfers. To put this into perspective, it will be improved if you make a reasonable statement.

<> so we should pay attention to our own health problems in life, excessive exercise may also cause muscle strain, so when exercising, we should moderate it, and do not exercise vigorously on a regular basis. When your golf ball walks, it may cause damage to your tendons, so that the joints are dorsally extended, and the forearms are semi-rotated, so that this symptom will appear, and the injury is more severe, and there will be some soreness symptoms. Therefore, this symptom is mainly non-surgical, mainly to reduce the patient's pain.

Then a certain amount of ** is carried out to reduce the occurrence of inflammation, and some anti-inflammatory drugs or other physical instruments can be used for physiotherapy. When these methods help the patient, the pain is reduced. It is also necessary to reduce strenuous exercise in your daily life, otherwise the condition will worsen, so pay attention to your health problems.

It's not caused by playing golf. It may be that your elbow is often under a lot of pressure and holds a movement for a long time, which is why it causes golfer's elbow.

Yes. This is because I usually play golf, so I have such symptoms, which will cause the elbow joint to be affected to a certain extent.

Of course not. It's just the name of a disease, and it has nothing to do with golf, so we must not misunderstand.

A few days ago, when Taiwan's Light Zeng Yani participated in the second round of the LPGA Australian Open, she was found by a sharp-eyed courtside reporter that her right elbow was pasted, and it was confirmed that it was an old elbow injury**, which will be sore when the court is hard or the weather is cold, which will affect the performance. According to the understanding, Zeng Yani's old injury is golfer's elbow, which is listed as the two most important sports injuries in the elbow area along with tennis elbow.

Golfer's elbow is located on the inside of the elbow, while tennis elbow is mostly on the outside, and the two are the top two sports injuries in the elbow. (Photo by Luo Huiwen) Tsai Wenji, associate professor of orthopedics and orthopedic surgeon at National Taiwan University, said that golfer's elbow and tennis elbow are sports injuries on the inside and outside of the elbow respectively, based on the human body proportions map drawn by Leonardo da Vinci (Vitruvian figure), with the palms of both hands facing forward, the elbow injury close to the inside of the body is golfer's elbow, and the one on the outside is tennis elbow. If a golfer is accustomed to swinging the club with his right hand, his right hand is prone to damage the tendon attachment of the epicondyle of the humerus in the medial part of the elbow due to improper or excessive repetitive thrust, resulting in inflammation of the medial aspect of the epicondyle and forming golfer's elbow; The left hand that pulls the club will be forcefully stretched at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus of the left hand for a long time, and the tendon will have elastic fatigue and laceration, and the shape will become a tennis elbow.

Golfer's elbow occurs for the same reasons as tennis elbow, including inadequate warm-up before exercise, repetitive and sustained intense exercise of the elbow area, lack of protection mechanisms to cushion muscle tone during exercise, and incorrect posture or poor technique. For golfers and hidden friends, the instantaneous force when swinging will increase with the length of the club, if the instant force is 10 kilograms (kgw), the length of the club is 1 meter (m), when the swing is accidentally shoveled into the soil, the elbow is instantly subjected to reaction force and moment damage of 10 kilograms (kgw m), under the long-term accumulation, it is easy to cause chronic tendonitis to the elbow, as long as the weather becomes cold**.

Dr. Chua Man-kee said that daily tasks such as lifting heavy objects, washing clothes, twisting towels or carrying a kettle to pour water, sweeping and chopping vegetables will increase the chance of elbow being exposed to hidden forces, resulting in difficult recovery of golfer's elbow or tennis elbow, so in addition to taking medication to reduce pain and rehabilitation**, the most important thing is to take prevention** as the principle. Prevention** includes warm compresses to promote blood circulation, vitamin C intake to strengthen connective tissues, and vitamin B supplementation to coordinate nerve conduction function.

As for the tie sticker attached to Zeng Yani's right elbow, it has the same effect as the wrapping elbow brace, which has the functions of ** and preventive protection, which can stabilize muscle tension, reduce muscle injury, and avoid excessive or improper stretching movement and injury to the attachment of the humeral epicondyle tendon.

In addition to elbow sports injuries such as golfer's elbow and tennis elbow, Dr. Chua reminds that common sports injuries among golfers include shoulder triceps and wrist triangular cartilage injuries caused by swing, waist and back strains caused by bending over and twisting, strained 4th finger ligament and flexor ligament rupture of the clubholder. It is recommended to warm up before exercising, wear protective gear, maintain a correct posture, and do what you can, and take a moderate rest after exercise.

When we always suffer from pain in the inner elbow during sports training, which is commonly known as golfer's elbow, then let's talk about what training can improve our golfer's elbow?

The first training, wrist rotation dumbbells. At the beginning of the training we knelt on the ground and then pressed our forearms against the bench. Then we grab the end of the dumbbell with our hands, then we rotate the dumbbells with our hands, we turn the dumbbells perpendicular to the ground during training, and then we do a rhythmic replay of the replay that we can lower so that the dumbbells rotate a little more, but we have to be careful not to rotate our shoulders, the only thing we rotate is our wrists.

The second exercise is a backhand prone stretch. At the beginning of the training we first use a kneeling position, then rotate our hands back 180 degrees, and then our hands are reversed to support the ground, so that our body can be pushed forward, so that we can fully stretch our forearms, and then finally we hold this position for two minutes, and when we are stretched, we raise our hands and get up.

The third training, wrist elastic band training. When we start training, we need an elastic band and a barbell, after which we tie the elastic band to the top of the bar, then we put the barbell above our abs, then we put the elastic on our wrists, and then we grab the barbell with our hands, and then rotate the bar downward. This workout is a great way to exercise our extensor muscles, so that after we have finished rotating the barbell downward, we will turn our palms from the bottom of the barbell and grab the barbell again, then continue to rotate, and then repeat the training on both sides.

The fourth exercise, elbow external rotation training. In training we first find the previous strong, then we stand against the wall and put our hands in a V-shape, then we put our palms and put our arms against the wall, and finally we slide down and back to the original position.

First of all, you can do planks, you can do some other ball sports, such as badminton, table tennis, you can also do some strength training, exercise the strength of the hips, if you want to improve your golf skills, first of all, we need to improve the control and balance of our hands, so we need to have a relatively strong core strength, and list some ball sports, which can help us coordinate our limbs.

You can stretch your wrist, hold dumbbells, rotate your wrist up and down, straighten your forearm, strengthen your forearm muscles, stretch your wrist flexors, etc., all of which can effectively improve our golfer's elbow.