Since you are a golfer, it can be assumed that you have tendencies toward perfectionism. This sport is difficult and occasionally frustrating, requiring constant attention to the task of developing that perfect swing. Flexibility through golf stretching and the resulting balancing of body mechanics are of prime importance for execution of that motion. They will help maintain health, a prerequisite for achieving success in any activity.
We cannot expect to achieve perfection, but making continuous efforts in that direction produces a great many benefits. Mediocrity and lack of effort will have the opposite result.
Countless things can go wrong in this game. Small variations from ideal movements will produce effects that are massively disproportionate. Inflexibility pulls your body out of alignment and diminishes its ability to function. As a result the effects that you may have desired before executing a swing will not be realized afterwards.
Effectiveness in all movement starts with posture. Bad posture causes joints misalignment, negatively impacting function. The result is imbalance, imprecision, immobility, and decreased strength. Poor posture has undesirable effects on movement patterns. A pattern will become ingrained after 300 to 500 repetitions. A defective pattern developed in this way requires 3,000 to 5,000 repetitions to undo.
Certain tonic muscles in the body tend to tighten causing some undesired effects, especially when certain movements like those in golf are executed repeatedly. Joints will not functioning optimally. They will be damaged over time. Simultaneously certain phasic muscles tend to loosen, further worsening the problem.
A variety of simple tests will assess flexibility level and determine the types of exercises that will lengthen an individual’s tight muscles and reduce tension. These exercises can both correct existing imbalances and prevent future ones which might otherwise flow from the unusual demands this sport makes on the body.
In addition to finding that strong, fluid, and balanced swing you need to improve your scores, health issues should be examined. If you are suffering with poor health your game will worsen. Over time poor tone and balance in muscles manifests as bone spurs and other changes in joint structure, like arthritis. When tension is not balanced cartilage will wear due to eccentric loading. With balanced tension connective loading is maintained.
Distress in the muscles can show up as trigger point pain. Tight muscles can cause blood flow to the muscle to be restricted, causing early fatigue and additional tightening. Nerves can be entrapped depriving the muscle of the energy it needs for powerful contractions. Tight chest muscles can interfere with breathing. When the body needs to choose between executing that picture prefect swing and getting air it will choose breathing. If certain muscles loosen too much the internal organs will not be supported in their normal position and will cease functioning properly.
Golf stretching is a means of maintaining optimum body function. This is preventive approach is preferable to correcting problems already developed. It also aids in maintaining the optimum health required for full function of the body. Golf cannot be played well while in poor health.
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