Longer reads, interviews, podcasts and practical guides on golf and health.
18th December 2018
Creator of GOLF IN SOCIETY, Anthony Blackburn, has set out to improve the lives of the ageing population introducing them to golf's health & wellbeing benefits...
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17th December 2018
Dr Anne-Marie Wills, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been conducting research into the effects of activity on Parkinson’s Disease patients...
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16th December 2018
Filips Bernadskis & Santa Trofimova explain how golf being used therapeutically by the Latvian Spinal Cord Injury Society in their work around using ‘adaptive golf’ as part of rehabilitation...
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16th July 2018
Spectating is not unique to golf, but gaining health benefits from watching golf events just might be...
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19th June 2018
GOLF IN SOCIETY is a social enterprise with a vision to improve the lives of the ageing population...
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16th June 2018
Golf is played by around 55 million people...pretty impressive, but even more so is all of these people could be substantially benefiting their health...
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2nd August 2017
Looking at the science behind the health Benefits of Golf Spectating in more depth with the Golf & Health Team...
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17th June 2017
Dr Roger Hawkes & BJSM look at health benefits of golf and assessing & managing golfers that walk through clinic doors...
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9th March 2017
We know that physical inactivity (i.e. NOT being active) kills millions of people around the world each year. So could playing golf reduce the risk of an early death?!
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9th March 2017
Golf spectators are somewhat unique in sport as they will often be walking just as far as the competitors themselves...
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9th March 2017
Research has shown that golf is associated with improvements in multiple known risk-factors for cardiovascular disease, including body composition, fitness, blood lipid levels, and insulin-glucose levels...
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27th February 2017
The Golf & Health Project and University of Edinburgh launch a new infographic detailing just some of the many benefits of golf...
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4th February 2017
ETPI.com’s Nigel Tilley examines potential wrist problems and recovery routes in golf...
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