{"id":285,"date":"2023-04-13T17:43:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/?p=285"},"modified":"2023-04-19T17:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:15:50","slug":"senior-golfers-avoid-injuries-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/2023\/04\/13\/senior-golfers-avoid-injuries-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Golfers Avoid Injuries Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-285\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-285-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-285-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-285-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>As more and more senior golfers hit the greens this spring more and more injuries are likely to occur.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-287 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Golfer-129x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Golfer-129x300.jpg 129w, http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Golfer.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/>Prevention would include the gradual increase of activity as well as preseason conditioning to include core strengthening (abdominal back and hip muscles) and sport specific activities.\u00a0 Taking a few extra minutes to stretch before playing is also an excellent idea.\u00a0 Be sure to wear clothing on those cool spring days that will keep your muscles warm.\u00a0 If things just don't feel right this spring consider consulting your local golf professional to brush up on your techniques.\u00a0 Good form not only helps lower your score it lowers your risk of injury.<\/p>\n<p>Many aging athletes ask about whether joint replacement will still allow them to play golf.\u00a0 In fact many golfers play quite successfully with shoulder, hip and knee joint replacements.\u00a0 Such senior athletes are often advised to avoid high impact sports such as singles tennis and basketball, but can do many other sports successfully.<\/p>\n<p>You don't need the extra aggravation of a golfing injury.\u00a0 Stretch before you play and keep warm.\u00a0 Get in shape before you rush out there on that first warm day of spring to play 18 holes.\u00a0 Your body will thank you for the rest of the season.\u00a0 Golf can be aggravating enough as it is!\u00a0 Don't hurt yourself.\u00a0 Enjoy yourself.\u00a0 Stay healthy.\u00a0 Fore!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more senior golfers hit the greens this spring more and more injuries are likely to occur. Prevention would include the gradual increase of activity as well as preseason conditioning to include core strengthening (abdominal back and hip muscles) and sport specific activities.\u00a0 Taking a few extra minutes to stretch before playing is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.southerncrescentsolutions.net\/wvortho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}