Luggage that’s too big or too heavy can lead to strains or worse
(HealthDay News) — There may be nothing wrong with stuffing your turkey full to bursting, but you might not want to do the same thing with your suitcase as you pack for holiday trips.
More than 53,000 people were treated in 2008 in U.S. hospital emergency rooms, doctors’ offices, clinics and other medical facilities for luggage-related injuries, such as muscle strains, pulls and tears, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
“Lifting and carrying luggage that is too big or heavy for a person’s size and frame can put serious strains on your body,” Dr. Jeffrey A. Fried, an orthopedic surgeon and spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, said in a news release from the academy. “To minimize any damage to your neck, shoulders and back, it is important to bend at your knees, lift luggage with your leg muscles while tightening your abdominal muscles and avoid twisting and rotating your spine.” Read more…
Injuries are not uncommon with any kind of sport. So, it’s a good idea to discover what injury is apt to occur in a particular sport and then to do as much as you can to avoid it. The truth is, though, that sports injuries can’t always be avoided. Consequently, it’s important to be physically fit to make incurring injury less likely, or less traumatic. The most valuable thing that you can do is to be confident that you have an appropriate fitness level before beginning to play a sport, such as golf. By perpetuating a healthy lifestyle, making sure your joints are mobile and your muscles are limber, preparing your body before activity, using proper form and good postures while actively playing, and giving yourself an appropriate amount of cool down and relaxation time, you may very well keep your body safe from injury.
It isn’t simply amateur golfers who get injured. Approximately, one-third of pro golfers play injured at any given time. Fortunately, overall good health and fitness can decrease how many injuries you may acquire and might actually preclude them completely.
It is crucial for you to have effectual body strength in the muscle areas most utilized during golf. But, it’s prudent to make sure your spine is in healthy alignment and that it has good mobility before you set out to build muscle strength. A injury-free golf swing is contingent upon your spine’s facility to adequately move in a rotational action. Back injuries are the most prevalent sort of injuries suffered by golfers. To get the help you need so that your spine is in proper alignment and there is efficient movement in the vertebrae, see your chiropractor in Sacramento. Chiropractic care can make a big difference in helping you to avert back injury.
Once you’re “straightened” it’s time to strengthen. Safe, injury-free action on the green is contingent upon your being prepared for your golf activity. You can warm up your muscles and make straining them less likely by doing golf stretching and flexibility exercises. Flexibility in all parts of the body can be increased relatively fast through full body range of motion (ROM) exercises. Furthermore, elastic band conditioning offers functional golf range of motion advantages and can increase needed strength in the shoulders, hips and deep muscles of the core. Due to the fact that elastic band training provides the dynamic resistance that regular weight lifting does not, sports professionals, such as your chiropractor, are adding them to their golf conditioning programs.
Besides back injuries, a large number of golfers suffer from “Golfer’s Elbow.” There is a small difference between golfer’s elbow and tennis elbow despite the fact that they are nearly identical injuries. Tennis elbow impinges the outside of the upper arm whereas golfer’s elbow impinges the inner arm. Golfer’s elbow, like tennis elbow, can be the consequence of a single intense action, such as (in golf) hitting the mat at the driving range or striking a hard fairway surface. Repetitive stress from smaller shocks, though, is most often the protagonist. Moreover, it can happen to those who suddenly begin to play too much golf. For instance, if those that generally play golf once or twice a month elect to enter into a tournament, they are conceivably at risk for incurring the injury.
Golf makes unique demands on our body. The game is usually longer than many other sports and that can lead to fatigue. Bad posture and impeded coordination are normally the result of a fatigued body. These two factors combined can produce a variety of injuries. In addition, because of the constant swinging of the golf clubs, the shoulder muscles are subject to injury. Just as attention should be given to make sure that your muscles are stretched and warmed up before starting your golf game, be sure to rest your body appropriately between games.
An unexpected injury sometimes associated with golf is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. But, this injury can be the result of many games of golf played over a number of months repetitively since it is an affliction that happens as a result of repetitive stress Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be a serious injury causing disability and occasionally necessitating surgery. However, chiropractic treatment and, sometimes the use of a brace will help the condition if a health professional, such as your chiropractor, diagnoses it at an early stage.
Injuries are assumed to be unavoidable part of life for most golfers. However, a healthy, mobile spine, good preparation, appropriate exercise and muscle conditioning, attaining and maintaining a a suitable fitness level, and reasonable rest and recuperation after your game is over, can make injuries much less a part of your golfing experience.
Dr. Yong Kim is a Sacramento chiropractor with over thirteen years of experience helping thousands of patients get out of pain and get their lives back. His office is located at 1707 Professional Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825. He has special training in the area of sports injuries. Dr Kim is himself an avid health enthusiast. For more information go to his website at http://www.sacramentochiropractor.org
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