ng0k
Well-Known Member
My golf story.
I have not played for 10 years and I used to play 18 to 27 per week. 10 handicapper. Won money in the end-of season league tourneys and won putters and hats in scrambles. Lots of fun those days. A bad knee from old sports injuries and raising teenage kids was the reason I quit.
In 2011 I had L1/S5 back surgery from a blown disk but still suffer from nerve damage down my right leg. Not much pain but it is weak and my heel is numb with the inability to stand on my tip-toes on the right side. In June of last year at the age of 53, I finally had the right knee replaced.
I have been doing a lot of weight training and low impact cardio for my legs and back. The knee is getting better all the time which is much better now then before the surgery. The back is responding well to kettle ball deadlifting, swings, half squats, cable rowing and stuff.
I purchased a new set of clubs last winter as motivation to get back into it, and while I have not actually played yet, I've been on the range developing a fundamentally sound swing that minimizes back pain. I'm learning golf all over again!!
I think I'm almost there and should be ready to get on the course this fall when it starts to cool down. I don't like heat and golf at the same time LOL! Thank God my issues are with my right leg otherwise I'd have to become a south paw!
I have not played for 10 years and I used to play 18 to 27 per week. 10 handicapper. Won money in the end-of season league tourneys and won putters and hats in scrambles. Lots of fun those days. A bad knee from old sports injuries and raising teenage kids was the reason I quit.
In 2011 I had L1/S5 back surgery from a blown disk but still suffer from nerve damage down my right leg. Not much pain but it is weak and my heel is numb with the inability to stand on my tip-toes on the right side. In June of last year at the age of 53, I finally had the right knee replaced.
I have been doing a lot of weight training and low impact cardio for my legs and back. The knee is getting better all the time which is much better now then before the surgery. The back is responding well to kettle ball deadlifting, swings, half squats, cable rowing and stuff.
I purchased a new set of clubs last winter as motivation to get back into it, and while I have not actually played yet, I've been on the range developing a fundamentally sound swing that minimizes back pain. I'm learning golf all over again!!
I think I'm almost there and should be ready to get on the course this fall when it starts to cool down. I don't like heat and golf at the same time LOL! Thank God my issues are with my right leg otherwise I'd have to become a south paw!