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Can You Lower Your Golf Score with Botox?
I was at my dermatologist's office this morning, waiting to get my semiannual botulism fix, when I came upon a most intriguing story;
It seems that, Botox, the wrinkle erasing wonder drug, might also be
able to help golfers who suffer from that enigmatic movement disorder
known as the yips.
This is really big news, because researchers at the Mayo clinic have found that between one quarter and one half of all "mature" golfers have experienced the twitches, jerks and jitters that define this condition, and according to a yipster friend of mine it's an ultra frustrating affliction. One you wouldn't wish on any golfer.
The study, which is underway now, is looking at both brainwaves, and muscular activity in the hands and wrists... the idea being that if the problem is found to be caused primarily by a muscular issue, there's a good chance it can be signifitantly improved by a couple of Botox injections in the hand//wrist area. EEGs and a $14,000 sensor-laden golf gloves were used to measure the variables. The results are not in quite yet, they're expected to be fully compiled by early summer, at which point we'll see if "the Tox" is going to work for those highly frustrated yipsters.
I can tell you it definitely works well on wrinkles (not that I know much about those). The scandalous Lindsey Lohan is rumored to have indulged in a couple injections recently, and she's only in her early 20s, then not long ago, infamous American Idol judge Simon Cowell proudly acknowledged using Botox, while refusing to do any kind of promotion for another pharmaceutical product, one that's frequently advertised during golf tournaments.
If we do find out that the dreaded Yips can be cured with a couple of injections of Clostridium botulinum, soon we may begin to see Botox ads sandwiched between the ones with the mature couples holding hands in matching outdoor bathtubs.
I want to try it for wrinkles but I've always be sort of afraid, plus it's very expensive. My husband has recently diagnosed himself with the yips so maybe we can go together and get two for one. L:v)
I'm not hopeful that injecting Botox could cure the yips...injecting valium would probably be a lot more helpful. Our cure is the good old
G & T. At least one before, at least one during and a couple after.