IF YOU HAVE A GOOD QUESTION, E
MAIL IT AT WCCO.COM/LINKS.
AS THE WEATHER WARMS, MANY
MINNESOTA GOLFERS ARE RETURNING
TO THE LINKS.
SOME GETTING HELP TO PLAY IT
SAFE BEFORE THEY STEP FOOT ON A
COURSE, ESPECIALLYEST AT THE
MAYO CLINIC SPORTS MEDICINE
FACILITIES IN ROCHESTER AND
MINNEAPOLIS NOW OFFER A
HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS OF YOUR GOLF
SWING.
THEN PHYSICAL THERAPISTS SHARE
EXERCISES TO CORRECT ISSUES WITH
BALANCE, STABILITY, OR
FLEXIBILITY.
AS WCCO'S ANGELA DAVIS
DISCOVERED, THOSE STEPS CAN HELP
PREVENT GOLF INJURIES.
AFTER SO MANY YEARS...
Reporter: PROFESSIONAL
GOLFERS MAKE IT LOOK EASY, THEY
PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE, COMBINED
WITH STRENGTH AND SKILL.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
Reporter: BUT FOR AMATEURS,
EVEN ONES WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING
GOLF FOR A LIFETIME, IT IS NOT
SO EASY.
WCCO SPORTS ANCHOR, MARK ROSEN
LEARNED ABOUT HIS GAME AFTER AN
ANALYSIS OF HIS MOBILITY.
RIGHT ARM UP AND OVER HEAD,
GOOD.
LEFT ARM UP AND OVER HEAD.
Reporter: HIS GOLF SWING.
PELVIS STARTING TO COME
AROUND, SEEING THE WEIGHT SHIFT.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
Reporter: MAYO CLINIC SAYS IT
IS 2D AND 3D VIDEO ANALYSIS OF
GOLFERS AND SUBSKNT EXERCISE
REGIMEN-- SUBSSKWNT REJMAL CAN
PREVENT INJURIES.
-- REGIMEN CAN PREVENT INJURIES.
THE MOST COMMON INJURY IN
YOUR HAND AND WRIST IS OVER USE
TYPE OF INJURY, A TENDONITIS.
Reporter: DR. SANJ IS AN
ORTHPEATIC SURGEON WHO
SPECIALIZES IN HAND, WRIST, ELO
CONDITIONS.
SOMETIMES THE TWISTING
ACTION, YOU CAN HAVE PAIN ON A
TENDON ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
WRIST IN THIS AREA HERE.
Reporter: SOME GOLFERS BREAK
BONES IN THEIR HANDS.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE GOLF
CLUB CAN TRAVEL 100 MILES AN
HOUR AND YOU HIT A ROCK, A LOT
OF FORCE IS IMPARTED RIGHT HERE
AND YOU CAN BREAK A BONE.
BREATHING GOOD THROUGH YOUR
MOEZ.
Reporter: PHYSICAL THERAPIST,
JOE, LEADS THE GOLF PERFORMANCE
PROGRAM IN ROCHESTER.
MOST PROFESSIONALS GET HURT
BECAUSE THEY ARE HITTING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BALLS AND
PLAYING A LOT.
THE VOLUME.
MOST AMATEURS WILL GET HURT
BECAUSE OF THEIR GOLF SWING.
IT IS NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL OR
BIOMECHANICALLY SOUND.
Reporter: BACK PAIN AND
TIGHTNESS IN HIPS ARE COMMON
COMPLAINTS.
ONE AT MAYO DEVELOPED A WAY TO
HELP.
THROUGH YOUR FEET, UP THROUGH
YOUR PELVIS, TRUNK, ARMS, AND TO
THE CLUB END.
Reporter: ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS
SAYS THERE ARE FOUR THINGS TO
HELP PREVENT GOLF INJURIES, THE
FIRST IS STRETCHING.
WARMING UP THOSE MUZZLES.
SECOND-- MUSCLES.
SECOND, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T OVER
DO IT WHEN PRACTICING, THE
REPETITIVE MOTION OF HITTING
HUNDREDS OF BALLS CAN CAUSE
TENDONITIS.
PROPER EQUIPMENT, MANY
EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS CAN
HAPPEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHAFTS CAN BE
MORE GRAPHITE, LIGHT WEIGHT.
THE GRIPS CAN BE THICKER SO YOU
ARE NOT SQUEEZING AS HARD.
Reporter: TAKE LESSONS FROM A
PGA PROFESSIONAL AND LEARN THE
TECHNIQUE.
HIPS NEED TO BE MOBILE.
IF THEY AREN'T, YOUR BODY MAY GO
TO YOUR BACK, YOUR LUMBAR SPINE,
IT IS NOT BUILT FOR MOBILITY, IT
IS BUILT FOR STABILITY.
WITH ENOUGH REP S, YOU GET HURT.
Reporter: AS FOR ROSY, HE
KNOWS WHAT HE NEEDS TO WORK ON
BEFORE HITTING THE LINKS.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
WE LOOKED INTO THE COST OF
THE GOLF PERFORMANCE PROGRAM AT
MAYO CLINIC AND THERE ARE TWO
OPTIONS: $300 FOR A 2-HOUR
SESSION WITH A 2-D GOLF SWING
ANALYSIS IN ROCHESTER.
$600 WITH THE 3-D ANALYSIS,
OPTION ONLY IN ROCHESTER.
