For members only, Golf Smarter Number 360, published on December 4, 2012.

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Many of us are walking around with an imbalance in our forearms.

You know, we tend to be stronger on the underside of our forearms

because we're gripping things all day. So the muscles on the underside tend to be stronger

than the muscles on the top part of our forearm, the expensors, which are responsible for kind

of spreading out our fingers. Okay, when you say top part of the forearm, you mean the side of the back of your hand?

The back of yes. Okay. And so because we have that imbalance with the flexors being stronger

than the extensers, that can lead to issues in the wrist, elbow, and even shoulder. Carpoll

a lot of people have carpal tunnel because of that imbalance. And again, it's something that a lot of people just don't realize that they have.

It just develops, again, we're gripping doorknobs, we're gripping chairs, we're gripping,

grip and grip and we really don't do anything to balance out that strength by providing a resistance to the extensors.

I mean, how many times do you have a resistance when you are going from a closed fist

to an open finger position?

Hardly ever.

So you don't really get a chance to work those extensor muscles as much.

Dealing with and overcoming golf injuries with Bob Foreman.

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