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Lee Woo-kyung(이우경)
Why Does It Hurt • Representative Director of the
Inter-American Division of
Self-developed Oriental Medicine
When I Play Golf? • Oriental Medicine doctor / a
Hospital
doctor of Oriental medicine
골프만 치면 왜 아플까 • 자생한방병원 미주분원 대표 원장
• 한의사 / 한의학 박사

outhern California is showing hot weather these days. Com- control. Then, naturally, the swing's form collapses and the score
Spared to the East, not to mention South Korea, the weather becomes a mess, as well as the risk of injury. For this reason, golf
in California is the best in the world. At times like this, there are is at greater risk of injury than other sports.
many people who want to enjoy golf without missing the warm So, what is the reason for this injury? First of all, golf is basically
weather. a disproportionate sport that swings to one side. By practicing
When games get heated and competitive, the score looks good constantly in a certain direction and repeatedly using muscles
but the pain follows after rounds. From mild pain in the wrist and joints, it causes an imbalance in the body and increases the
or fingers to injury in the vertebral joint, pain can come from all chances of injury by putting undue stress on the joints.
around the body. Statistically, regular golfers are reported to suf- Also, golf is a very detailed sport. Impact's instantaneous club-
fer injuries more than once a year and senior golfers about once head speed through downswing is close to 206 Km/hrs for Tiger
a month. Woods. At these speeds, the balance of the entire body and their
Golf is an exercise that uses muscles and joints in a certain direc- respective roles must be followed to maintain accurate hitting
tion with repeated swings. However, despite countless practices, and distance. Therefore, misusing the body to one side is a short-
golf fails to control its strength when it is not mentally under cut to injury.
As such, golf is a sport in which many
parts of the body are involved, so the
possibility of injury is high. In swings
where about 97 percent of our body's
muscles are used, the parts of the body
that need to be stabilized and the parts
of the body that need to move are dis-
tinguished. That is, a number of joints
and muscles must play their part, from
the rigid support of the lower body to
the rotation of the spine and pelvis to
the movement of the shoulder and wrist.
Therefore, if the spine does not rotate
enough, excessive force will be applied
to the shoulder, and excessive rotation of
the torso when the pelvis is not rotating
enough may cause fractures of the ribs
and muscle injuries. Each part of the
body, from toe and ankle knees, hip, pel-
vis, spine, ribs, shoulders and arms and
elbows, contains the possibility of injury.
Finally, there is a big change in the exter-
nal environment. The body must adapt
quickly to mornings and evenings, sun-
ny or rainy, or many changes in temper-
ature and humidity. It should always be

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