Golf Sports Medicine

Symptoms:
Pain, swelling, and tenderness at the wrist near the base of the thumb. Pain typically occurs at the left wrist at the top of the backswing.

Treatments:
Among the possible treatments are: Rest, medication, thumb spica splinting, therapy, cortisone, surgery

Do:
Avoid excessive cocking of the left wrist at the top of the backswing.

Don’t:
Release the hands prematurely at the top of the backswing (casting maneuver). Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms:
Numbness and tingling of the fingers (particularly at night), hand weakness and clumsiness

Treatments:
Among the possible treatments are: Rest, medication, splinting, surgery.

Do:
• Make sure that club handle grips are replaced as needed, or consider larger/softer grips.
• Reduce grip pressure on the club handle Read the rest of this entry »