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[ GOLF COMMUNITY ]

Lee Woo-kyung(이우경)
Key 15 Minutes Right • Representative Director of the
Inter-American Division of
After The Tee Self-developed Oriental Medicine
Hospital
• Oriental Medicine doctor / a
doctor of Oriental medicine
티오프 직후 15분을 조심하자 • 자생한방병원 미주분원 대표 원장
• 한의사 / 한의학 박사

orking at a hospital specializing in vertebrae and joints, ercise. Breathing and blood circulation itself are very different
Wthere are a number of patients who have sprained their from exercising when you are sitting in an office or resting at
backs while playing golf. Sometimes, they hurt their back while home. Breathing is maintained 12 to 15 times per minute when
rounding for a long time. But what’s unique is that many of them we are in stable condition. Pulse is also average between 60 and
take place in the first and second holes within 10 to 15 minutes 80 times per minute. In stable times, the blood circulation of the
of tee-off. Generally, the first and second holes do not have par-3 body is providing sufficient oxygen and nutrients to the brain
holes and the long hole par 4 or 5 holes, which are surprisingly and heart, while minimizing the supply of blood to the muscles
prone to sprains while hitting drivers, woods and hybrids. Why and organs of the rest of the limbs. When exercising, for the mus-
does this happen at 15 minutes right after the tee off? cles in your arms and legs to function sufficiently, your breathing
In order to find the answer to this, you should first know what and pulse rate must rise to at least 20% and 100%. Golf swings
the differences are in your body when you exercise and not ex- require enough warm-up to work out the entire body’s muscles,
especially to the neck, shoulder, arm, back, waist, hip, legs and
ankles. In fact, a minimum of 10 minutes or 20 minutes of run-
ning or stretching is required for the blood to be fully supplied to
the muscles of the arms and legs.
But the reality is different. Most amateur golfers arrive at the golf
course just before the tee off. At best, you can do simple bare-
handed stretch for about a minute. In addition, they drink a cup
of free coffee upon arrival, which causes dehydration, then results
in a lack of blood to be delivered to the muscles. And the first
swing on the first hole requires 100 percent driver use. Among
golf swings, it is the most powerful and fastest head speed swing.
Even a professional golfer can’t swing properly without sufficient
blood supply to his arms, legs, shoulders, waist and legs.
So, when you go to a golf course and play rounds, you should
take as much time as possible and go ahead and stretch your en-
tire body carefully for at least 10 to 20 minutes, and get some
sweat on your body by running in place. In fact, the PGA golfers
I’m treating such as Choi Kyung-ju and other Tour players will
arrive two hours before every match, stretching and warming
up with a PGA-certified trainer for an hour, and participate in
the first hole. If you haven’t gone to the golf course in advance,
swing very carefully for the first one or two holes, with the goal
of warming up and without thinking about the score. Whenever
you have free time, you should run enough or stretch to prevent
injury to your hips or back discs.
Greed ends up getting you angry. Everyone wants a driver shot of
more than 250 yards from the first hole and an accurate long iron
shot for second, but to do so, they have to give the blood stored
in their bodies time to pump into their arms, legs and so on. It is

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