How To Prevent Wrist Tendonitis When Golfing

 

There are a number of reasons why both professional and amateur golfers hurt their wrists, including overuse of wrist, incorrect grip, incorrect swing, unsuitable equipment, wrist movement, hitting the ground, etc. These mistakes stress the tendons in the wrist, causing injury and the resulting inflammation is what is known as tendonitis.

How to Prevent Wrist Tendonitis

To prevent tendonitis the golfer must prevent injury to the wrist. Here are the tips to prevent wrist injury.

1. Use good quality equipment. Make sure the golf clubs that you use are in good condition and they are the correct length and weight for you.

2. Have professional club fitting if you are new to golf or if you had surgery.

3. Get a golf professional to teach you the correct grip for you. This is particularly important if you have a history of wrist problems.

4. Refine your golf swing. Get a professional trainer to teach you how to adopt a flat or more elliptical swing plane so that you keep your hands near shoulder height during transition and at completion of follow-through.

5. Warm up before the game to improve flexibility of your wrists.

6. Be careful when hitting off mats.

7. Avoid too much wrist motion at take away or transition and avoid flicking your wrists at ball impact.

8. To prevent overuse, progress steadily in terms of game frequency and duration throughout the season.

9. Do some exercises that strengthen the wrist and the forearms so that you can handle the weight of the clubs and the strain of hitting the ball.

Tendonitis in the wrist is quite a huge problem that can set you back a whole season. Follow these tips to prevent it.