``Relax Your Shoulders``

People fell down by the cerebral infarction because they put too much strength on their shoulders during their golf swing in Japan.

The research team of Japanese National Sendai Hospital reported, on Nov. 4th, that 4 cerebral infarction patients came to the emergency room due to their golf swing during last 2 years. All the patients were male, and one was 50s and the other 3 were 30s.

Their handicap was between 20 to 36. They suddenly felt pain in the back part of their head and vomited during their swung with a driver or a iron number 5 at country club of driving range. There is a person who became paralyzed.

According to the hospital diagnoses, all of the patients` blood circulation to the brain was obstructed because the arteries, passing near the cervical vertebrae, were damaged and the blood vessels were swollen. The research team concluded that the arteries were twisted when they rapidly turned their heads after swung in the position that put too much power on their necks or shoulders.

The research team suggested, ``Usually the unskillful players turn their heads to follow the move of bolls. In order to prevent the cerebral infarction, one should practice a swing form that relief shoulders and do not move head.``

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