Continuing with my golf fitness quest I turned to Dee Tidwell of www.golffitnessguys.com. He has written some fitness articles for our blog which provided some great exercises and stretches – complete with pictures. It wasn’t until I received an email from Dee that discussed the prevalence of hip tightness, shoulder and back pain with golfers that I took notice. BINGO! The proverbial light bulb went off in my head.
Talk about hip tightness!! Mine are so tight they make a tightly wound coil seem tension-free. Boy! Was I ever excited to see this email and at the same felt blatantly stupid for not paying attention to his exercises long ago when I first posted them. AAGH!
For years I have gone to bed with ice packs on my hips and low back. Every time I walked, used the elliptical machine or rode my bike, I would pay a hefty price with pain in my hips and back. Imagine what swinging a golf club was doing to my body. I swear Dee knew what I was going through and made his series of 3 videos just for me. Well, actually he didn’t but I would like to think that he did.
These exercises, like the ones that Susan Hill provided me, may be done in the comfort of your home. One simply requires a tennis ball and the other a Styrofoam 6-inch roll pictured here.
Check out these videos from Dee to see how easy they are.
I have been doing them for a few weeks now and the difference in my hips is amazing. I still use ice packs at night but the intensity of the discomfort is greatly reduced. Dee refers to finding ‘sore spots’ to focus on for the gluteus maximus (butt cheeks to you and me) and the IT band. Finding sore spots was NOT a difficult task for me as the tightness was consistent from gluteus maximus all the way down to my knee.
I think these exercises along with the other stretching and strengthening provided by Susan Hill at www.fitnessforgolf.com will help me prolong my golf ‘life’ but most importantly reduce some of the pain and add more enjoyment to my game. For more tips and training exercises go to the websites mentioned here.
If you feel you too could benefit from some ‘golf fitness’ I highly recommend both Susan and Dee. Even if you are not in the same city, check them out. There is so much personalization training that can be done via online communication and videos.
Happy Golfing!
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If you feel you too could benefit from some ‘golf fitness’ I highly recommend both Susan and Dee. Even if you are not in the same city, check them out. There is so much personalization training that can be done via online communication and videos… thanks