Doh, kind of know what you're going through, my back has recovered, but hips don't feel right, inflamed from overuse. Can't play/practice as much as I'd like, have to take days off.

6 hours ago, Patch said:

Yeah, I know how you feel. Last year was an injury riddled season for me. Shoulder, neck, and knee issues for several months.

It's weird. The most recent stuff isn't affecting my golf, at least not to my knowledge. It's more a quality of life issue from dealing with constant minor discomfort and not being able to train the way I want to.

6 hours ago, uitar9 said:

I'm getting older by the minute

As am I, though not nearly old enough to be able to use it as an excuse, unfortunately. I'm pretty sure I'm just not genetically gifted in physical durability. It is what it is.

5 hours ago, dennyjones said:

Hope all is better soon...

Give some serious thought to a yoga class.   They incorporate strength and flexibility.   

Thanks. I do yoga on my own, though not with any regularity. I used to do yoga more about 10 years ago. I haven't lost any flexibility and I'm stronger now than I was back then. I'm thinking the problem is I sustain minor injuries due to work and they don't heal properly by the time I aggravate them again.

5 hours ago, Groucho Valentine said:

Youre like the Bob Sanders of golf... Ive been playing through a torn/arthritic trapiezus for the past two years. it sucks. 

Unfortunately I have always had snapping scapula problems ever since I was a kid. It's just an area I need to strengthen and I can't strengthen it because I keep hurting it.

5 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Doh, kind of know what you're going through, my back has recovered, but hips don't feel right, inflamed from overuse. Can't play/practice as much as I'd like, have to take days off.

If you can give it time to rest and heal properly I would think that's more important than playing/practicing golf more, especially if it might affect your long term health. My shoulders can't heal properly because I can't take weeks off of work at a time.

12 hours ago, Zippo said:

I'm not sure if it's OK for me to reply to a blog or not. I checked the rules but couldn't find anything definitive. I apologize in advance if I shouldn't be posting here. I'm really not trying to get into trouble by commenting and will move on if needed.

Huh? Why wouldn't you?

No need for an answer. The question should tell you what the "rules" are - the same as the forum. Post a comment. Heck, start your own blog if you want.

@billchao,

You are an active person and do a job that has activity in it. Injuries unfortunately come with that, especially as we age. I always have something. Right now my neck is sore and it is frustrating. But I have become very good at treating my injuries and stay active just avoiding the area that hurts.

Try to strengthen weak areas with the calisthenics you are doing and body weight exercises. Resistance bands are good too. Remember that lighter weight and more reps can do as much as heavier resistance too. You already stretch, but focus on weaker areas that may be leading to the issues. And rest when you can too.  You are naturally thin (you b**tard!!!), so you don't need to worry about that right now.

19 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Rest?  Who has time to rest?!  This is golf... we need to play, dammit.

The weird thing is, the shoulder thing doesn't affect my golf swing. Swinging the club probably doesn't help it heal any faster, but it hasn't stopped me from playing at all.

15 hours ago, Zippo said:

I'm not sure if it's OK for me to reply to a blog or not. I checked the rules but couldn't find anything definitive. I apologize in advance if I shouldn't be posting here. I'm really not trying to get into trouble by commenting and will move on if needed.

There's no rule against replying to blogs. If I didn't want people commenting, I wouldn't have written the blog post 😃

15 hours ago, Zippo said:

I've also hurt my wrist slamming the dang club into the ground a few inches behind the ball. Like you the pain didn't seem to last too long after some icing and heat but I sure haven't hit one that fat since!

The wrist problem went away after a couple of days. Unfortunately I can't say the same for hitting fat shots.

2 hours ago, boogielicious said:

You are an active person and do a job that has activity in it. Injuries unfortunately come with that, especially as we age. I always have something. Right now my neck is sore and it is frustrating. But I have become very good at treating my injuries and stay active just avoiding the area that hurts.

Yea I'm slowly learning to cope. Figure it's a fact of my life at this point.

3 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Try to strengthen weak areas with the calisthenics you are doing and body weight exercises. Resistance bands are good too. Remember that lighter weight and more reps can do as much as heavier resistance too. You already stretch, but focus on weaker areas that may be leading to the issues. And rest when you can too.

I have a pretty good knowledge base in fitness and the programs I follow are really good so I'm covered there. There are shoulder rehabilitation type movements built in because most people undertrain those muscles. With calisthenics shoulder strength and mobility are very important so I think I'm definitely doing the right program for my needs at this point.

3 hours ago, boogielicious said:

You are naturally thin (you b**tard!!!), so you don't need to worry about that right now.

I'm not naturally thin, I'm just instinctively good at consuming calories at maintenance level?

I probably don't eat enough anymore TBH.

Felt good after Labor Day weekend and started my calisthenics workout program. It's going to be really good for my shoulders because there are a lot of holds that require stability from undertrained muscles. Good stuff.

Yesterday I did something at work and I could feel my back on my left side start to tighten up. It was pretty much locked up by the evening and not much better this morning. I slept like crap.

I'm so over this f***ing shit.

Can you wear a back belt while working? A lot of mechanics at work wear them. They have them loose then tighten when they have to do something physical?

I am also interested to look at your calisthenics program. Getting bored with mine.

7 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

I have an inversion table and swear by it.  5 minutes per day does wonders for the back.  

Do you wear your Batman outfit? I would were my Batman outfit if I had a table.😜

24 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Can you wear a back belt while working? A lot of mechanics at work wear them. They have them loose then tighten when they have to do something physical?

No. It probably would just get in the way. There's a lot of crawling into tight spaces and contorting involved sometimes, that's when I think it happened yesterday. I'm pretty sure it's just tightness and I didn't tear something.

25 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I am also interested to look at your calisthenics program. Getting bored with mine.

Homepage | Cali Move

I do the Complete Calisthenics program. I skipped levels 1-2 and started straight at 3.

They also have a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZIIRX8rkNjVpP-oLMHpeDw

And while I'm on the subject, here's another channel I really like, SaturnoMovement. He does calisthenics and yoga: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIoF2UfscJv4cNSyLjuA6w

20 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

I have an inversion table and swear by it.  5 minutes per day does wonders for the back.  

I have no place to put one, though it was something I have always wanted for years. Maybe I'll try hanging upside down from my pullup bar.

16 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Do you wear your Batman outfit? I would were my Batman outfit if I had a table.😜

It's gotta be the Adam West Batsuit.

Well it’s time to resurrect this blog post...

Lifted something heavy last week and strained something in my lower back. Lift with your legs, I tell other people 🤦🏻

It’s not too bad, though. Just painful enough to remind me it’s there and it bothers me a little when I rotate my torso or when I bend down which I do a lot at work. I should probably crouch more often than I bend to begin with tbh. It bothers me more as the day goes on which is expected.

15 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

You sound as old as me!   😏 

I’m certainly not in my 20s and made of rubber anymore at the very least. But I’ve always had a belief that physical durability is a genetic trait that some people have more of than others. I apparently did not put enough points into it at character creation 😉

15 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

Seriously, Hope you take it easy, get better soon.

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. It’s pretty mild, just going to take this week off working out and it should heal up nicely. It gets a little better everyday.

Just my luck, the weather is nice out and my new driver just arrived 😭

Well this one is new: felt a sharp pain in my left side starting last week when I lay on that side or extend my left arm overhead. It’s just to the left of my nipple basically and kind of under my pec; feels like it’s right on top of my ribs.

I thought it was a minor strain but it doesn’t seem to completely fit an intercostal muscle or a serratus anterior injury. Last night I was probing around and it seems like something is inflamed that runs down my ribs from my armpit. If I had to guess I’d say it’s the long thoracic nerve, but I’m about as qualified to make that determination as I am to fix rockets.

Needless to say, there is no golf for me.

Dang!