| Over a decade has passed since I crested the | | | | |
| hill of age continuum and yet it just dawned | | | | It didn't dawn on me until the next morning |
| on me last year at 53, I should be getting | | | | what an impact that brief encounter with the |
| more roll out of my drives than I did before! | | | | massage chair had. For the first time in |
| Seriously I'm no physicists but even I know | | | | years I awoke without a stiff back! |
| that golf balls roll further down hill. And | | | | |
| I'm definitely over the Hill! | | | | A little research online and I found that |
| | | | most experts agree that a good massage can |
| Despite my convoluted theory, the evidence | | | | help increase your flexibility, prevent |
| shows that I'm hitting the golf ball shorter | | | | injuries and help you recover faster from a |
| and shorter each year. Not only that but I'm | | | | round of golf. Experts aside, I couldn't |
| twice as pooped after each round! None of | | | | argue with the way I felt, and I didn't want |
| this seems fair...not when you consider the | | | | to. |
| thousands of rounds played, hours practiced | | | | |
| and dollars spent on golf equipment and golf | | | | So I did indeed end up purchasing a massage |
| lessons. All for what? Not since I fired my | | | | chair, but not that pimply mall sales kid's |
| last financial advisor had I seen and ROI | | | | model. By doing some massage chair comparison |
| this bad. | | | | online I found a whole world of superior |
| | | | products. Now I enjoy a massage in the |
| In a last ditch effort to salvage my dying | | | | comfort of my living room every morning and |
| personal golf corporation, last spring I made | | | | every night. |
| a rather large investment in a robotic | | | | |
| massage chair. Passing through the mall after | | | | Despite dreams of rewinding my golf game 20 |
| a particularly brutal round of golf I popped | | | | years not coming true, I can say this for |
| in to a novelty store in search of a gift for | | | | sure, now that I regularly use my massage |
| a nephew. Instead of a present for him I | | | | chair I feel a whole heck of a lot better |
| ended up taking a nap in the stores demo | | | | after a round of golf than I did before. I |
| shiatsu massage chair! | | | | walk on to the first tee with a loose back |
| | | | from my morning massage and that helps to |
| Needless to say the nap didn't last long as I | | | | keep me from aggravating my muscles during |
| was awoken by a pimply sales kid who wanted | | | | the round. |
| to tell me all about the model I was sitting | | | | |
| and the benefits of massage chairs in | | | | I may still be missing out on that extra roll |
| general. In my foggy, have asleep state, I | | | | on my drives from golfing over the hill, but |
| politely mumbled something about just looking | | | | at least the enjoyment is back! And that's |
| and stumbled out of the store. | | | | what really matters. |