Letter to the Editor: Is Golf the New Football or Have We Made It So?

Lumbar Spine Injuries: Primary Prevention in Amateur and Professional Golf Players

Sir,

We read with interest the article by Goebel et al. [1] (Goebel D, Drollinger F, Drollinger A. Lumbar Spine Injuries: Primary Prevention in Amateur and Professional Golf Players. Sports Med Int Open. 2018; 2:179–184). We have been deeply interested in this sport and delved on the musings of competitiveness causing athletes to put un-natural strains on their bodies and vice-versa. While we do understand the cause of Lumbar spine injuries caused by athletes putting undue stress on their bodies, we need to understand that the reason for the same.

• References

• 1 Goebel D, Drollinger F, Drollinger A. Lumbar spine injuries: Primary prevention in amateur and professional golf players. Sports Med Int Open 2018; 2: E72-E73
• 2 How driving distance has changed over the past 40 years on the PGA tour . Available at: https://www.pga.com/news/pga-tour/how-driving-distance-has-changed-over-past-40-years-pga-tour Accessed on March 15 2019
• 3 The Augusta National Course . Available on: http://www.masters.com/en_US/course/index.html Accessed on March 15 2019
• 4 The Golf ball that made golfers too good . Available on: www.vox.com Accessed on March 15 2019