Well I went and done it now.
It's my week off from work - my fiance is in Canada for her brothers wedding. Should be golfing bliss right?
At the range monday night I was hitting my irons very well. However I think I'm doing something totally wrong.
I am really trying to kill the ball. Monday night though I believe I pulled a rib muscle. It's just below my left man-boob about an inch. Also some pain on the side/back. If I breath deeply I get pain on exhaling. in the front/slightly on the left side of my body. I'm a left handed golfer. A buddy watched my swing and said that I was rotating my upper body like a baseball player would through a swing.
Needless to say I'm down all week and I still have alot of pain and can't even consider hitting any balls right now.
I think that I am trying to hit the ball so hard that I am using my upper body/chest to try and pull through the ball. I've done some serious damage though and I want to avoid it in the future.
Anyone else have this muscle pull? How do I get more power when hitting the ball if I don't pull down through the ball? Should my upper body stay square with the ball while I swing? I feel like I need to 'wind up' by rotating my upper body to hit the ball powerfully. But I also think that's how I caused my injury.
It's my week off from work - my fiance is in Canada for her brothers wedding. Should be golfing bliss right?
At the range monday night I was hitting my irons very well. However I think I'm doing something totally wrong.
I am really trying to kill the ball. Monday night though I believe I pulled a rib muscle. It's just below my left man-boob about an inch. Also some pain on the side/back. If I breath deeply I get pain on exhaling. in the front/slightly on the left side of my body. I'm a left handed golfer. A buddy watched my swing and said that I was rotating my upper body like a baseball player would through a swing.
Needless to say I'm down all week and I still have alot of pain and can't even consider hitting any balls right now.
I think that I am trying to hit the ball so hard that I am using my upper body/chest to try and pull through the ball. I've done some serious damage though and I want to avoid it in the future.
Anyone else have this muscle pull? How do I get more power when hitting the ball if I don't pull down through the ball? Should my upper body stay square with the ball while I swing? I feel like I need to 'wind up' by rotating my upper body to hit the ball powerfully. But I also think that's how I caused my injury.