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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
This is news? I had a 35 year career as a PGA golf professional. I have had three back operations, two shoulder surgeries and a knee surgery.
Golf is very hard on the body and the back. Golfers have been having back problems since 1300.
A lot of people don't realize what it takes to play golf at a high level. The average golfer going out using mostly his arms and shoulders to hit a ball 175 yards or so doesn't experience the same problems that better golfers, who used all of their muscles and hit 500-1000 balls a day. Playing good golf is a very physically strenuous activity.
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Thanks for adding some of your experience as a golf professional. However, I would like to add this: We're talking about elderly people in The Villages, some of whom may have various degrees of bone thinning. Some may have osteoporosis of the spine and not even be aware of it if they haven't been tested. 175 yards would be nothing for a pro golfer but it could be the straw that breaks the camels back for an elderly golfer who has undiagnosed bone thinning. I think it could even be possible to break a hip.