Exercises for Back Pain in Golfers

You will need: Wobble board

This exercise is an excellent way to introduce strength training to your back:

• after a back injury
• with existing back pain or
• after back surgery

If you’ve suffered from any of the above, then the chances are that you’re back muscles are very weak and have developed, over time, faulty recruitment patterns.

This means that other areas of your body have taken over the work of your back muscles and have developed a different way for you to swing your golf club so as not to injure your back any further!

We need to jump-start those back muscles again by giving them a shock! The following exercise will do just that.

Wobble Board

• Set the pivot underneath the wobble board to the lowest level.
• Make sure to start with, you have something steady to grab onto should you fall.
• The aim of this exercise is to stand on the board for as long as possible without letting the edges of the board touch the floor!
• Don’t look down at your feet. Concentrate on keeping a good posture at all times.
• Only try this exercise for 30 seconds at a time with as many attempts as you like.
• Don’t overdo this exercise, if you keep falling off, then stop for the day.

Tip:

Once you have mastered the low setting, try increasing the level.

For a more advanced level, try standing on one leg!