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Golf and Exercise
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11.16.08Aiding and Abetting Your Golf GameWhen I scheduled my final session of a series of golf lessons I’d purchased, I caught my PGA professional fresh upon his return from a fitness conference. Oh, lucky me. He had me squatting and twisting like a contortionist for over an hour, all in the name of improving my flexibility and thus increasing my distance. The fact of the matter is that on the golf course, distance has never really been my problem. Finding the green from 100 yards out – now, that is a problem. Then again, ten or twenty ...
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09.21.08What’s All the Buzz About?In the course of hosting Golf Fore the Good, I’ve made some interesting contacts. Note worthy web sites and products have been brought to my attention. GFTG has opened up correspondence with some great lovers of golf via email. The coolest thing is that people send me stuff. Really, they do. It’s nice that there are people who seem to value my opinion, though I suspect their impetus is more likely self-motivated than an actual deep, abiding respect for my work. After all, networking creates some of the best free publicity out there on the web, ...
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11.19.07Turf Toe - A Golfer’s AfflictionIt was supposed to be a relaxed, enjoyable Sunday road trip to a great new private golf course. For my husband it has turned into a turf toe nightmare. Turf toe is a form of a condition known as hallux limitus. Hallux limitus is defined as pain in the big toe and decreasing range of motion of the joint of the big toe. Seriously: turf toe. It is even recognized by the Mayo Clinic. According to their website “this injury occurs most often in sports that require quick direction changes, such as football, soccer or rugby.” ...
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10.23.07Pushing the Limits of a Bad BackPlaying golf with a bad back isn’t an easy task. First off, a player might try to adjust his or her swing to not aggravate the condition. That’s how a lot of those take-it-back-half-way-and-punch-it-easy abbreviated swings you can observe on the course developed, I’m sure. Better to get out and play, than not play at all, one can rationalize. Personally, I don’t have a half-way button. It’s pretty much all or nothing for me, whether we’re discussing golf or almost anything else. A half-punch swing might work for me out of the woods and ...
