Squeens33

Hi All, My name's Jake - I'm 27 and from the west suburbs of Chicago. I started golfing during COVID summer and am on my 4th season, but it was cut short due to a wrist injury while hitting a bunker shot this past August. I just found this site today while doing further research on my injury and came across @cipher's blog about his ECU injury (which is most likely what I did too). For starters - if anyone has any history with an ECU tear or injury, please let me know. I have an MRI in 2 weeks and surgery the following week if needed. Secondly - I love the idea of this site. I am an avid golfer and was on pace for 70 rounds this year. I am fully addicted and can't believe I didn't play this sport prior to COVID. I played college basketball as well and baseball & football in HS and used to laugh at the idea of golfing. What a fool I was. A few other things - I am a big time Youtube golf viewer (Bryan Bros & Bob Does Sports mainly). I am a lefty golfer & got my handicap down to 9.6 this year which I was pumped about after starting the season at 14.8. All self-taught and just watching youtube/tiktok videos. Love researching all things golf & try to learn as much as I can! Feel free to reach out and ask about Chicagoland courses, I've played a bunch and try to play as many as I can. Thanks for having me!

I know this Blog is from awhile ago, but I hurt my wrist about 2 months ago while hitting a bunker shot lying on an upslope and my doctor is 95% I tore my ECU Tendon as well. Felt the pain directly on impact, took a few weeks off and tried to play again but topped a 5-iron on hole 3 and the pain came right back (worse though). I took about 6 weeks off and just tried playing again this past weekend - swinging does not hurt, but if I don't hit the ball pure than the pain comes right back & my grip is not the same to avoid my wrist popping. I have an MRI on 10/20 and surgery scheduled on 10/29 (if needed) - I wanted to hear more about your recovery. Your injury sounds worse than mine, as I am still able to lift heavy weights 4-6 days a week & do basically everything without pain except heavy curls & golf. How long was it until you were able to begin physical activity of any kind? Running, stationary bike, lifting weights, etc. - I am a very active person and am dreading surgery because I know I'll be out of lifting for awhile & physical activity as a whole. What was the worst part of surgery? - FYI I swing lefty but do everything else with my right hand, my right wrist is the one with the probable ECU tear so a lot of my day-to-day activities will be harder unfortunately. When did physical therapy start after surgery? When did you feel like you could start swinging 100% again? Thanks in advance. I hope I'm not too late to comment on this blog. Glad to see from your activity that you are back to playing solid golf & loving it again. I miss it a lot.