Exercise Getting fit is the new rave among golfers. Unfortunately, the direction that many take can ultimately promote injury. For example, flexibility is the most avidly promoted aspect of fitness for golfers, presumably because it is believed that a great amount of spinal and shoulder flexibility is required to make a proper swing. We need normal mobility coupled with proper stability. During the golf swing, peak compressive loads up to eight times the body weight of the golfer are generated and the spine does not buckle.
Active muscle is responsible for creating spinal stability.
They key stabilizing muscles of the spine include the multifidus, deep fibers of the erector spinae, quadratus lumborum, internal oblique, and the transverse abdominis. The lastissimus dorsi and gluteal muscles also play key roles. In short, all of these muscles need to be properly trained. Consider the following information, which is important for all patients and particularly important for golfers. The human body has an amazing built-in stabilizing mechanism for the lumbar spine.