:( there goes my plans

[yahoossnake]

i suppose to be in 2 turnys one this weekend(tomarrow) and one next weekend but today in my softball tournament my back went out i cant even walk let alone swing a club so means im not going to be able to play kinda bummed about it both were 4 man best ball.

[iPutt]

Damn dude that sucks.

I know the feeling of golf plans getting altered. Last Friday this one course that I love to play is walk ups only, no reservations. Well I had work at 3 so I planed to get there at 8 and hopefully on by 9. Well turns out that Fridays now are considered a weekend so the best I could have got was 10:44 which was way to late to make my job in time. Ended up playing the local 9 hole muni. Sucks even more that I was on fire at that course. I guess shit happens

[gogolfing]

No fun man.... I've been there before with the back, and as much as it sucks, if it is in the soft tissue, you're just going to have to lay off the golf for a bit and rest and rehab it. I didn't do this a while back and then I just kept reinjuring it. I've now rehabbed it properly and it feels great. I played 20 times in July and my back felt great.

Good luck with it. At least you'll have copious amounts of golf to watch with the PGA on next week.

[gogolfing]

On another note, I quit playing ball a few years back and my body feels so much better. I find with it at my age (now 40), you stand around for a bunch and then hit and have to sprint. I kept pulling my hamstring continually which also led to stiffness in my back. After I quit ball, I've felt much better.

I share this because you said you hurt the back playing ball.

[alf174]

My next door neighbor (turned 50 recently), with whom I golf with once a week, is always show up at the course scrapped or limping. I quit asking him how he got banged up because its always "baseball league last night". He keeps saying he's gonna hang it up but I don't believe him for a second .

[Cussin hacker]

Bummer Yahoo! Hope ya get better soon. I've been playing with tendonitis in my left elbow, but would rather have that than a bad back any day. Good luck!

[yahoossnake]

wow after taking 1200 mgs of Advil last night i got a good night sleep surprising and my back feels alot better today i been icing it for 20 mins then put heating pad on it for 20 mins keep switching back and forth i just might be able to play and next weekends turny at this rate :)

[right handed phil mickelson]

If it's your lower back, don't lay down too much except to go to sleep. The more you move it the better it's going to feel; If you don't move it much, it'll get stiff and hurt more. Advil helps so much in these situations because the back pain can be caused by many different things, which advil relieves. If you're going to sit down, then sit down on a chair and sit up straight, with a small-mid sized pillow between the back of the chair and your lower back. This will give your back the support it needs when resting, to go ahead and recover.

Hope you feel better man. I've been out of golfing recently and I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I had bronchitis and now I'm getting better. I have high school golf team tryouts on tuesday and haven't golfed in a week. I'm going stir crazy in here. Especially on summer vacation. Have fun golfing!

~RHPM

[jsherm45]

Cane- TaylorMade Pimp cane. Fujikura shaft.

[yahoossnake]

my back is finally felling better so hopping the rain stays away long enough(same storm as at the pga championship) today to get 18 in

[Fat Slice]

I ended up dropping softball. Pulled a quad, pulled a hammy, got tripped at first base and did a face plant, and...tagged out a guy sliding into home who (when he heard/saw the call) wanted to fight.

I've seen some jerks on the golf course, but softball takes it to another level.

[walk18]

yeah, golf and softball/baseball don't mix.