If you don’t recognize it, you won’t put a high enough importance on it and will continue to experience low back pain and stiffness indefinitely.

Just look at the mechanics of the golf swing. You are in this very unnatural position called golf posture. With the forward tilt you’re in, your back is already under strain, so it’s no wonder golfers have low back pain , but lets continue with this.

So we’re in this uncomfortable forward tilt that promotes strain and we’re going to swing a 3 foot long club around our bodies in this position? From a biomechanical standpoint, you could easily think this is physically impossible. But no…we golfers will hack away all day long no matter what right?

So with this much potential damage to your body from this “leisure game”, do you think it’s necessary to build up your body to help prevent this? Or, should you just keep hacking balls, playing and hope you don’t get hit with this debilitation?

My guess is you’re smarter than that, and you’ll realize you must do something. This something is stretches for golf, and golf strength training.

The stronger and more flexible you get your golf-specific muscles, the far lessor chance you’ll ever have of getting injured from golf . All it takes is really easy and simple exercises done daily to cure this problem and be pain-free forever. But…you must be diligent with them or you won’t get the results you are looking for.

You probably have seen this exercise (see below) many times, if so, have you done it? No…I mean have you done it consistently? Like everyday? If not, do this one first thing in the morning when you wake up. Do 3 sets of 10 and you’ll be off and running.

Notice how my arms are wide? That gives me an added exercise for the muscles between my shoulder blades to help maintain a nice spine angle in my golf swing. I keep my arms like this the entire time I do the set, which is just raising and lowering my upper body on the ball.

Give this exercise a try and you’ll kiss your low back pain good-bye forever!

This injury usually occurs in the lead arm, caused by chronic over-gripping of the club, or hitting repetitive fat shots that go directly into this area of the arm.

Poor swing technique is the culprit, and until you improve your swing, you will expose your body to numerous injuries.

1. Rest And Ice. Just like any other injury, you need to discontinue doing what’s causing the pain and ice it 3-4 times a day for the next few days. Continuing to agitate an injury will only prolong the recovery and potentially create a chronic situation where you’ll be dealing with it for many years.

This threat to your golf game should be taken seriously . You need to listen to your body and act accordingly. In this situation, REST is of the utmost of importance. Ice is a neccessity to eliminating the inflammation causing the pain.

If you can, wrap the ice pack firmly on the painful area. This is called compression and will speed up the elimination of any swelling or inflammation. Also, lie down and have the elbow elevated on a pillow to increase blood flow to the injured area.

2. Wear An Elbow Strap. Although this isn’t a cure, this will allow you to play during your rehabilitation. Look at the picture of the golfer above wearing an elbow strap. This is what I’m talking about. Just remember…the goal is to cure your elbow injury and NOT have to wear this long-term.

This is a short-term fix, but for you fanatic golfers, it will get you back on the course with a reduction in the pain while you’re playing. Do not use this strap as a “bandaide” fix, without properly treating this injury and eliminating it for good.

3. Elbow Injury Stretches. Stretching the specific muscles involved with gripping will help prevent golfers elbow from reoccurring. If you want to completely avoid this injury, you’ll do these simple stretches on a daily basis.

Since this injury involves your gripping (forearm) muscles, it makes sense to do the standard forearm stretches where you hold your arm straight out and pull your fingers back and hold, then pull your fingers down and hold. Simple stretch you may have done before, but for golfers elbow they are a must.

4. Use That Tennis Ball. One of the easiest ways to improve forearm strength is to repeatedly grip a rubber ball. Whether it be a tennis ball, racquet ball, or some other smallish rubber ball. Have it at your desk and squeeze that sucker all day long!

These may seem like a simple exercise that has no magic, but it truly works if you do it consistently. For maximum results, squeeze the ball first then do you stretches.

There you have it ! A simple system to cure golfers elbow pain. If you have any other exercises, stretches or methods, please chime in via comment below and let us know.

Throughout this golf improvement blog I’ll be covering lower back pain with exercises, lower back video tips and strategies to eliminate it and prevent it. I’ll also be letting you know of other resources that may be helpful to you.

One such resource is over at StrongLifts.com. Mehdi has several great articles on lower back pain and remedies. A couple of examples is his Spinal Decompression article.

I strongly recommend you try these simple exercises if you have tried to fix your back pain and not been successful at it!