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TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF ARTHRITIS OF THE

FINGERS FOR PERFECT GRIP

완벽한 그립을 위한 손가락 관절염의 치료 및 예방법

ne of the most important aspects of the golf swing is
Othe grip. When I ask about golf swing while playing
Representative Director
with professional Kyeong-Ju Choi, whom I know well, the of the Inter-American Division of
Self-developed Oriental Medicine Hospital
thing that I always emphasize is the ‘grip’. It is the hand
Oriental Medicine doctor
that connects the player's body and the golf club, not the / a doctor of Oriental medicine
leg, waist, or shoulder, and how to hold the club with this Lee Woo-kyung
hand is inevitably decisive in the golf swing. Learning
자생한방병원 대표원장
how to grip the club with the most appropriate pressure 이 우경
in the most stable shape will naturally put less strain on
your shoulders, neck and back. When the grip is correct,
the force of the entire body is transmitted to the ball very in the joints of the fingers of both hands. Arthritis is
effectively, allowing for a more accurate impact while not from the swelling due to a momentary shock or
using the same force, allowing the ball to go farther movement, but gradual swelling of the fingers of both
without making a mistake. hands and makes it difficult to bend. Arthritis means
that the joint is inflamed, and the inflammation here is
However, there are cases where the symptoms of swelling different from an infection in which pus is produced.

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