A lot of people play golf with knee pain. As you will see in some of the example stories, case histories, and research below, many golfers play through pain with the help of various remedies and self-help treatments. Eventually, their knee will hurt them so much that they will seek out medical attention. For many people, this medical attention will be very successful. For others, the medical attention they sought sent them on a journey of surgical recommendations and waiting for their knee to get so bad that they would be considered candidates for knee replacement.
Once confirmed for knee replacement, some of these people become that group of patients that seek advice on how to avoid the knee replacement and some will seek advice on how to play after knee replacement in a knee that is causing issues.
Before we move on, the vast majority of patients who have knee replacement can continue to play golf. It is typically the level of knee degeneration and the level of recovery that dictates if a golfer can return to the course with the same degree of success following knee replacement as they had before the knee replacement. What the researchers were looking for was what put the knee at risk for osteoarthritis. What they found was swinging with a narrower stance width, more weight shift, and shoulder sway towards the hole during the downswing were associated with a higher peak knee adduction of the lead leg, whereas a greater valgus angle at address was associated with a higher peak knee abduction of the lead leg.
Many golfers that we see will spend a lot of money on clubs, gadgets, and remedies that will attempt to improve their handicap despite worsening knee pain. As you are reading this article, it is likely that you have knee pain and that you golf or recently stopped golfing it is also likely that you have tried the following:. These are the people who reach out after they go online and buy creams, oils, braces, and sleeves.
They have familiar histories of cortisone injection , a lot of physical therapy, a lot of chiropractic care, acupuncture, massage therapy , and shoe inserts. The person will write that they have a bone-on-bone knee, they walk with a limp bad enough that some days they have to use a cane to take the pressure off their knee. Some patients report that they have a full range of motion so it is not a problem of advanced arthritis.
