I could do with a little advice.

[JustOne]

Left wrist James.

No idea (for sure) what's wrong with it. Specialist seems to think Muscle, ligament and nerve damage hence the MRI.

Apparently mine is a tear in the flexor carpi ulnaris of the left wrist and it will never heal unless I have it operated on said the physio. I just get on with it (when it doesn't hurt) on the basis that I ain't going to be a tour player and other bits are now starting to fall apart anyway, I'm pretty sure hair loss makes people play crap too

FWIW mine was when I was trying to arm wrestle someone left handed and shouldn't have been such a knob. Live and learn

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Best of lick

Good Moaning.

 

[Slime]

Good Moaning.

:clap:

Crime.

 

[Evesdad]

Another view is that your erratic play could be the wrist? The body has a weird way of protecting itself and so on the range you've flushed them all but the tissue etc has flared slightly and so when you've played it's protected itself. Taking from your post on what you have been doing practice wise I would say it was way too much if you have such quite serious problems with the wrist although I'm no doctor! I would just maybe play a bit enjoy what you can get the wrist healed properly and come back fighting!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I would wait and find out what the prognosis is first. Once you can play and practice the drills you are given I'd give lessons a go. You clearly have some ability to get where you have but a good teaching pro can work with what you already have and shave away at the bad stuff without making huge and widespread changes

 

[pbrown7582]

I would wait and find out what the prognosis is first. Once you can play and practice the drills you are given I'd give lessons a go. You clearly have some ability to get where you have but a good teaching pro can work with what you already have and shave away at the bad stuff without making huge and widespread changes

This is the way to go. it will take a lot of time and practice to change any ingrained faults and if your injured recovering it will only hinder the process.

 

[Slicer30]

Could be as a result of your swing - so the pro who understands the bio-mechanics might be a good option.

For ages I had a pain in the knuckle of the forefinger on my right hand, changed my grip so the right hand was more on top and it disappeared.

My left wrist is knackered, fractured my scaphoid about 10 years ago and never got it checked. Only found out later when the only option was surgery. Regret not getting it sorted at the time, will probably be a lengthy time out when I decide to sort it.

 

[MGL]

Why are you still using steel shafts?

Move to graphite. That will help and give your body some protection.

 

[Phil2511]

Graphite could be the way forward you know.

But TBH I would personally wait and see what the prognosis is. Then move on from there.

Different thoughts on the situation could be that you are doing something in your swing that's causing the wrist pain OR you are not taking a long enough break to let it fully recover, and if you have done then that would refer me back to its possibly something in your swing that's causing it.

If its not that and you get a prognosis that isn't great then you obviously will get some idea of the situation from the Dr, either an operation or that you just have to live with things how they are.

Either way you will have serious decisions to make but an option that could help would be to knock the golf on the head for a while and just practice your chipping and putting as others mentioned and then after a few months after you have given the wrist a rest you could go for the lesson route. But find a pro that can work with your situation and try to find a way to play without aggravating the wrist further. The break might help to get rid if some if your current "Natural" swing and be easier to retrain your muscles.

If you do need to get an operation and do or don't go that route you likely need to try and find a method that isn't going to cause you pain in the future, especially if its your golf that caused the problem in the first place.

I know that's not what you really want to hear but sometimes these things can help in the long run.

The other scenario is that if things come back that its not severe and doesn't require an operation then you will be best to get a good knowledgable pro to have a look and watch for why your wrist gets sore from playing.

I know when I first started taking lessons it happened to me as I was doing something wrong, still getting good results but the next day the left wrist would be sore, just describing it to my pro and he was able to tell me what to do whilst in the pro shop, never happened again. But as you have been having this issue for some time now you may have more trouble curing things.

I hope you get some satisfactory answers from the Docs and can find a way to get things sorted sooner rather than later. Keep us updated either way. Fingers crossed its not going to be the operation route as that may require much more downtime.

 

[One Planer]

Thanks for all the replies. Plenty of food for thought and for me to mull a few things over.

 

[Ethan]

Gareth

I would be inclined to park the clubs and get your wrist sorted out first. Playing golf now may not be in your long term interest. The first piece of advice for any injury anywhere is usually rest.

Right now I am hobbling around with a bad back and healing broken rib, both from the same fall, so I have not even held a golf club for a month or more.

 

[One Planer]

Gareth

I would be inclined to park the clubs and get your wrist sorted out first. Playing golf now may not be in your long term interest. The first piece of advice for any injury anywhere is usually rest.

Right now I am hobbling around with a bad back and healing broken rib, both from the same fall, so I have not even held a golf club for a month or more.

Considering it Ethan for sure.

I made a point of seeking the specialists advice. As I said earlier, he had no issue so long as I don't do too much all at once.

I made him aware of my practice times and what I did and he said it was fine. After all I only take 25 balls and do some putting twice a week at the range and a little shortgame work of a Sunday.

 

[Val]

Considering it Ethan for sure.

I made a point of seeking the specialists advice. As I said earlier, he had no issue so long as I don't do too much all at once.

I made him aware of my practice times and what I did and he said it was fine. After all I only take 25 balls and do some putting twice a week at the range and a little shortgame work of a Sunday.

You know what you need to do Gareth, the body has a helluva habbit in telling you want you don't wat to hear. Short term hurt for a long term goal.

I'd be laying the sticks down for a bit, health is more important than hobbies.