{"id":397,"date":"2011-06-22T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/?p=397"},"modified":"2011-06-22T06:33:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T10:33:13","slug":"great-golf-stretches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/great-golf-stretches\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Golf Stretches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer is here and it\u2019s a great time for HNE members to get out and move their bodies for good health. What better way to exercise than a good round of golf? Western Massachusetts has many wonderful public and private golf courses. Before you head out to the first tee, we recommend that you warm up your body for the round.<\/p>\n

Regardless of age or physical condition, pre-game stretching can reduce the risk of injury and help lower your score. Benefits include increased performance, decreased injuries, and improved overall enjoyment of the game.<\/p>\n

Here are a series of stretches, specifically designed to enhance your golf game. They take only minutes to complete.<\/p>\n

Give these stretches a try before your next round of golf.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: this information is taken from a brochure produced by Health New England and available on our website at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hne.com\/brochures\/Health_Connect_1\/golfstretches_letter.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

The material contained in this article is for general information only and is not intended to provide specific medical advice or recommendations for any individual. Your physician or other health care professional must be consulted for advice with regard to your individual situation.<\/p>\n

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BACK ROTATION Standing, slowly rotate your upper body to one side as far as comfortably able. While keeping feet flat on the ground, hold then slowly rotate in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

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HIP ABDUCTION Hold onto golf club (or lean on a golf cart) crossing leg closest to the club or cart behind you. Keeping back leg straight, slowly lean hip toward club. Hold and repeat on opposite side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer is here and it\u2019s a great time for HNE members to get out and move their bodies for good health. What better way to exercise than a good round of golf? Western Massachusetts has many wonderful public and private golf courses. Before you head out to the first tee, we recommend that you warm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-2011"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-6p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}