On July 28th, Dr. Chen was invited by the CGA (China Golf Association) to the national golf training base at Yantai’s South Mountain International Golf Club.  He carried out technical diagnostic and physical examinations, and provided on-site physical rehabilitation adjustment services for the national team players, who were preparing for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, some professional players, as well as junior players.  He provided on-site, one-on-one services and guidance for more than 30 national golf players from across the country.

This was the first time for Dr. Chen to come to this club.  Today, golf is officially listed as an Olympic sport, therefore the team is facing difficult tasks, which include this year’s Asian Games and the 2016 Rio Olympics. 
 
In the evening, Dr. Chen gave a two-and-a-half-hour lecture and did a Q&A session at the club to more than 40 people, including athletes, coaches, and management.  During the event, everyone was very enthusiastic, and many stayed behind hoping to get more advice and help after the lecture. 

There are not many injuries that interfere with golf training, and they are mainly concentrated in the lower back, elbows, wrists, neck, and knees.  However, golf players’ injuries do not usually get much attention.  When Dr. Chen first arrived, very few people showed interest, and many do not understand physical rehabilitation.  After Dr. Chen’s on-site demo, more and more players enthusiastically asked Dr. Chen for physical exams and adjustment.  At the end of the day, everyone came to understand that to be able to play golf well, one must have a healthy body. 
 
“A high level golfer is like a highly sophisticated ball playing machine.  If one screw is loose, or one gear is not engaged, it will cause deviation of the ball,” said Dr. Chen.  Therefore, any slight lack of coordination or instability in the player’s body will result in deformed techniques, and the ball will not be hit far or accurately.  Every player needs to know how to take good care of his body so that all his joints and muscles get proper protection, and his playing motion can be coordinated.  On the golf course, we helped players with diagnosis of their technical problems with swinging, and showed them how to improve the stability and initial speed by adjusting their body structures.  Some effect is shown immediately in some players after the special adjustment of physical rehabilitation, and they could hit the ball farther and straighter, with more stability.  
 
Golf is a new rising sport in our country, so the history of its development is not long, and professional golfing took off even later.  Currently, in order to meet the public demand, there are already many people engaging in technical training for golf, but their understanding and application of physical rehabilitation is still in its infancy stage.  The staff of Dr. Chen’s STaR Studio hopes to be able to help more professional national team members and amateur golf players, so that everyone can experience the joy that golf brings as part of a healthy life.