Jeff Stiles has played golf since he was 6, and he hopes to keep playing it for as long as he can. “Absolutely, 99 percent of my retirement plan is golf,” the 49-year-old Northborough resident said.

Welcome to Play Smart, a new game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Director of Game Improvement content Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf.

More golfers suffer in fact from tennis elbow than golfer’s elbow, although both can affect how your right elbow works in the golf swing. Both are forms of tendonitis, but tennis elbow, lateral ...

We tend to only think of injury in a reactionary way. An injury occurs, then we deal with it. In many cases, especially as it pertains to the most common injuries in golf, we could very much prevent ...

Stretching is a vastly underused tool for improving both your golf swing and how your body feels during and after each round. Many golfers don't know how to stretch or what to stretch, and doing it ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A few months ago I noticed minor pain in my elbow when I’d lift anything — even something light. Recently, the pain is worsening and moving down my inner forearm. My elbow hurts even ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Director of Game Improvement content Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf. I’m ...

As a Physical Therapist, I see many patients who complain of elbow pain. Elbow pain is very common and leads to lost time working and playing sports. I have had an increase in patients that I have ...

Last summer, I was playing late in the evening, and out of nowhere I felt a searing pain on the inside of my left elbow. It happened at contact as I hit my drive on the 18th. What was that? I decided ...

Today, millions of Americans battle both tennis and golfer’s elbow, overuse injuries that can slow down recreational activity and bring discomfort to daily living. The injuries are not limited to ...

Golfer's elbow is a condition that causes pain where the tendons of your forearm muscles attach to the bony bump on the inside of your elbow. The pain might spread into your forearm and wrist.