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HOW TO SWING THROUGH
Representative Director
WHEN YOUR BACK IS IN of the Inter-American Division of
Self-developed Oriental Medicine Hospital
Oriental Medicine doctor
PAIN / a doctor of Oriental medicine
Lee Woo-kyung
자생한방병원 대표원장
허리가 안 좋을 때 골프 스윙을 하는 이 우경
방법

f any part of your body is in pain, including your back, there is clearly damage to the muscle fibers in the area
Iit is best not to play golf first. Being sick is a signal from and there is pain as swelling occurs in order to heal itself.
your body telling you not to use them, and following this In this situation, if you block the transmission of the pain
signal enough is the fastest way to heal your body. No signal to the brain with drugs or injections, eventually
matter how good a painkiller is, there is no medicine that you will forget the pain and continue to exercise, causing
immediately restores the injured muscle or ligament to greater damage to the affected area. Then, what can be
normal, and the main principle of painkillers is to block sufficiently healed with a few days off can eventually
the pain from being transmitted to the brain. develop into a major injury that leads to rupture of
However, if the pain is not severe or the golf appointment muscles and ligaments.
is an important business-related meeting that is difficult If you must play golf, it is safer to change your golf swing
to cancel, what should you do if you have to attend your in a way that does not put any strain on your body rather
golf meeting? than taking painkillers and holding on to it. First of all,
The worst thing in this situation is to force the pain to go if you need to hit a middle or long iron or use a wood
away by taking painkillers or injecting steroids. In fact, or driver because it is not a short distance, it is good to

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