A Good Round (for me) = Sore Right Elbow?

[Bullitt5339]

I've noticed in the past couple months that whenever I go out and shoot a great round (for me, that's anywhere in the 80's right now), the next day my right elbow is always sore. It doesn't get that way when I'm playing crappy, just when I'm making reasonably good contact with the ball.

Coincidence or am I doing something different with my swing that's working, but is a bit hard on the body?

[mdbuschsr]

If I had to guess, I would say that your good games also include a lot of divots, and that your crappy games do not. If you are taking an extremely deep divot, the blut impact with the ground may be causing the soreness. On the other hand it could be swing related... No telling from where I sit.

I know when I over do the divot thing, my wrists take a beating.

[Bullitt5339]

I am somewhat of a digger to begin with, I take some pretty healthy divots, so that would make sense, I guess.

[shank-a-roo]

It seems like when I play my left forearm is sore the next day! That's weird that it is opposite, I don't know what that might be from...... not enough golf??

[ohiolefty]

This may be relevant...

I have a back issue. I'm a compulsive practicer (these two statements aren't causally related, but have become symptomatically related).

After a practice session, I can tell if I had a good session by the following (this is relative to MY swing, of course):
-----If my back hurts, I'm getting too flat and rotational which is a killer flaw for my swing. Being too flat, for me, just activates all the bad mojo that my back is so eager to send me.
-----If my legs are tired, my mechanics are right. I try to use my very strong legs to create a golf swing without too many parts in my hands and arms that can get 'weird'. So, tired legs = good practice session.

[pittpanther]

I know I'm not a scratch golfer, so you can take this for what it's worth.

There is nothing about the golf swing that should cause you pain. Being tired, exhausted, that's fine. But if you have pain in an elbow, there is something wrong in your swing. Look up golfer's elbow and tennis elbow (depending on if it's your right of left elbow). You don't want to end up where you are having to stop playing for weeks, or having to ice down after every round, or where you're considering surgery.

When you look at WebMD or whatever, you'll notice that the "solution" for golfers/tennis elbow is to stop playing, ice, rest, etc. Doesn't sound like much of a solution to me. The real solution is to fix the flaw that's causing the pain.

Sore muscles are one thing, but I don't recall there being any muscles in your elbow.

[jimdandy]

I got the pain from practicing a lot. hitting 500-1000 balls at the range when i got back into golf this year from a long layoff.

Im dealing with the pain now. Very sore. So i will give it some rest, stretch, ice... and hope it works.

My swing is fine, it is the pounding at the range that was the problem- no doubt.

[BuckeyeNut]

Originally Posted by Bullitt5339

I've noticed in the past couple months that whenever I go out and shoot a great round (for me, that's anywhere in the 80's right now), the next day my right elbow is always sore. It doesn't get that way when I'm playing crappy, just when I'm making reasonably good contact with the ball.

Coincidence or am I doing something different with my swing that's working, but is a bit hard on the body?

Welcome to middle age!!

I suggest 3 ibuprofen pills before you play.