For professional and weekend golfers alike, golf and low back pain seem to go hand in hand, forcing too many to retire their clubs prematurely. In fact, studies indicate that nearly one-third of all golfers suffer to such a degree from low back pain that they are no longer able to play the game they love so much.

To help low back pain sufferers get back on course, Dr. Michael Jaffe has written a new book Play Golf Forever: Treating Low Back Pain and Improving Your Golf Game through Fitness. Play Golf Forever is a useful handbook for conquering low back pain forever through the integration and application of functional training into an individual's exercise program. Dr. Jaffe, a sports medicine and rehabilitation doctor at the Low Back Pain Clinic of Kaiser-Permanente Hospital in San Diego, CA, walks readers through a series of exercises and swing techniques so they can resume playing golf again and even improve their game and their swing. Functional training – an exercise and conditioning program that trains the entire body to work as a unit – is a golfer's entry back to the golf course, and Dr. Jaffe's comprehensive and easy to follow program is designed for all ages and levels of golfing expertise.