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The Facts: Cigar Smoking
Cigarettes and cigars both contain similar ingredients, such as tar, tobacco and carcinogens, and when you smoke either of them, you put yourself at risk for serious health issues.
Be Smart: Protect Yourself from the Sun
As you walk the golf course this summer, it’s important to take steps to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful rays.
Getting Through a Round
An average round of golf takes about four hours to complete. That’s four hours with little or no access to a restroom — a problem for those who urinate frequently.
Checking for Ticks
Outdoor activities, such as golf, can increase your risk of exposure to deer tick bites, and those bites could result in Lyme disease. This is especially true in Connecticut, an area where there is a high risk of contracting Lyme disease.
Addressing Your Flexibility and Strength
If you did not have the opportunity to play golf during the winter season, or if you do not already have a regular strength and flexibility routine, don’t worry. It’s never too late to start a strength or stretching program.
Battling Allergies During Golf Season
Spring is here. This means that it is golf season — and, for many, allergy season!
Preventing Sun Exposure on the Course
While exposure to the sun does have some benefits, you do need to be careful. The sun can cause painful sunburns, and sun exposure, even without sunburn, causes early wrinkling and age spots. Sunburns also increase your risk for skin cancer.
Snack Time
What we put into our bodies ultimately determines how well we perform both mentally and physically. Eating healthy gives you a competitive advantage and could potentially improve your golf score.
Start the New Season Off Right
They say golf is 90 percent mental, and Dr. Patrice Holmes, a Middlesex Health psychiatrist, offers tips that will help you be more mindful as you play golf — and go about your life!