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So whether it’s a golfer or anybody else, it can be difficult to distinguish how much of your pain is coming from your low back or your hip. And they’re generally, can be addressed by really the spine surgeon spending time with the patient and figure actually specifically where their pain is located will generally give you the answer.

For golfers over 50, like any sort of twisting sport, they can have an impact on the spine, so I recommend, like I do to all my patients, that they stay fit, stay slim, and don’t overdo it on the golf course.

Tennis players over 50, I would give them the same advice I give most patients is stay slim, make sure you have a good strong core, and don’t overdo it.

Tennis players, golf, pickleball, all those sports involve twisting, which can be hard on the spine, and it’s not uncommon for them to aggravate or exacerbate some normal underlying degenerative changes, and generally need short-term supportive care and participation of long-term home exercise program so that they can help avoid those problems in the future

Recovery varies from surgery for most patients. Most of my surgery is performed outpatient now, so most patients go home the same day. So recovery isn’t a major issues for a lot of the surgeries I perform. Obviously, there’s no way to avoid pain with surgery, but generally, most of what I do, recovery is fairly quick.