Extreme Pain On Left Hand Side Near Ribs After Few Balls At The Range - What is going on?!

[AdamW]

Hi All,

I have been going to the range once a week for the last 3-4 weeks and after 20-25 balls with full irons swings the left hand side of my torso /ribs really hurt to the point i wont be able to do a full swing anymore as it is too painful.

I am a right hand golfer and this is where i am getting the pain:



During those 20-25 swing i will maybe be fating 5-10 of them so i thump the matt quite hard which i am wondering if is the main issue or is it my swing mechanics which have drifted into a bad way causing some unnecessary strain in that area?

Here is my swing :

The pain only happens at the range during the swing i wont have any pain in everyday life in that area. I will not be able to go back to the range for another week now as it will be too painful to swing.

Any idea on what the issue could be or what i could try would be really appreciated please

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Do you get the same pain when on the course or playing on grass?

 

[bobmac]

My advice would be go and see a doctor

 

[Slab]

You appear to have been shot by some kind of rudimentary green arrow, I'd get it removed!



Sorry I cant help, as said a Doc would be best advise. Hope its not serious

 

[Robin Hood]

A sports injury practitioner may give you better advice.
A doctor will probably suggest ibuprofen and rest.

 

[AdamW]

My next available doctors appointment is 4 weeks Have emailed local physio who specialises in golf to see if i need to wait for doctors or go see him , luckily work provide health insurance to claim it back on.

 

[badgb21]

Over the years I've had a few (like many) non golf related injuries and anything to do with ribs and pain in the side has always taken ages (weeks) before it heals.
I had an intercostal muscle strain with similar symptoms to yours;
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320925.php
I went the doctor route and yes. Ibuprofen and rest was the treatment. The ibuprofen gel being the preferred medicine.

As above I'd try a sports injury route to explore a diagnosis and the speediest way to recover.

Hope it goes well.

 

[AdamW]

Over the years I've had a few (like many) non golf related injuries and anything to do with ribs and pain in the side has always taken ages (weeks) before it heals.
I had an intercostal muscle strain with similar symptoms to yours;
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320925.php
I went the doctor route and yes. Ibuprofen and rest was the treatment. The ibuprofen gel being the preferred medicine.

As above I'd try a sports injury route to explore a diagnosis and the speediest way to recover.

Hope it goes well.

Can you remember if you had pain when not playing golf?

 

[srixon 1]

I had something similar once and it was diagnosed as "costochondral separation". Took about a month off of golf to get rid of completely (with brufen along the way). Mine was caused by a bad cold and non stop coughing.

 

[badgb21]

I’ve been back to golf for almost a year now after a 30 yr lay off.
Never had side pain playing or at range. (Though I was getting very bad elbow pain at the range to begin with, so avoided over doing it. Now I’m playing more often, I can use the range ok.)
The range can be tough on the body, speed of shot frequency and the mat with less than perfect strikes can take its toll.
If you can play on grass ok, then avoid the range for a few months until you have built up endurance and skills to cause less damage.

Can you remember if you had pain when not playing golf?

 

[popeye]

I got this when I first started playing-it got so bad that I had to walk of the course after about 4 holes. Doctor just told me to rest it-which I didn't! Then it just went as quick as it appeared! Never did get to the bottom of it.

 

[Bigfoot]

I have only ever had this through bowling in cricket not golf. Rest was the only solution.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As others have said go and get a professional opinion from the sports physio. Does the pain last once you've come home from the range and when you go to work the next day? Have you played on the course and felt the same pain?

 

[AdamW]

As others have said go and get a professional opinion from the sports physio. Does the pain last once you've come home from the range and when you go to work the next day? Have you played on the course and felt the same pain?

No pain when I get home or the next day or even when coughing. The only time I get the pain down my side is in the finishing postion of my swing.

Sometimes I get it on a round but not others think it depends if I have been to the range in the week. I might give it a rest for 2-3 weeks and then go on a round so i have a more solid answer

 

[bobmac]

If you still want to practice, just use a half backswing, that should ease the strain on the muscles.
Lovely sound on contact by the way

 

[AdamW]

If you still want to practice, just use a half backswing, that should ease the strain on the muscles.
Lovely sound on contact by the way

Thanks Bob! If only they was all like that

 

[patricks148]

Had this a couple of years ago, ripped muscle between the ribs,had to rest for a month. Was fine after that.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Years ago I hit a sand wedge, too steeply, and the club hurtled into the ground at too steep an angle. God knows what travelled up the club and into the body, but it was a force which


resulted in the cartilage of the lower right ribs being injured. Every swing after was excruciating. Years later, and even now, when it is cold and damp I get twinges there.
If you have damaged the cartilage between the ribs, you have something similar to look forward to.
Sorry!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

No pain when I get home or the next day or even when coughing. The only time I get the pain down my side is in the finishing postion of my swing.

Sometimes I get it on a round but not others think it depends if I have been to the range in the week. I might give it a rest for 2-3 weeks and then go on a round so i have a more solid answer

If you aren't getting it any other time, my opinion is it must be muscular. Not sure why it should happen purely at golf so you do need to get a professional medical opinion. I warm up using physio therabands https://www.amazon.co.uk/Resistance...TF8&qid=1548012949&sr=8-4&keywords=thera+band which I find eases my body in far better than it use to

 

[duncan mackie]

It could be a lot of things, as posts have higlighted (and add broken rib(s) as possible).
You really need to find out because something isn't right. The specific action in your swing may be the cause, or may be highlighting something else entirely.