Pain from Mat

[JakeGeezy]

For those of you that have had pain due to the hitting mat, where have you felt it? Lead arm elbow?

[Dax]

Wrists and able for me. Please note that this was due to me hitting off of my putting surface due to some changes I was making to my set-up. The surface is great for putting and runs around a 9 according to my TM, but is hell on the body.

[JakeGeezy]

Interesting. I'm having some nagging soreness in my leading elbow. I aggrivated it several months ago unrelated to hitting on the mat. Just wondering if what I'm feeling is the lingering effects of that injury, or a new one from the hitting mat.

[Deuce]

Mine was trail elbow -- switched from CCE to Fiberbuilt mat and graphite shafts in my irons and it's gone away.

[JakeGeezy]

Even MORE interesting. Opposite elbow. Wonder if that's typical.

[andygg1986]

Trail elbow for me too. Also switched from CCE to fiberbuilt and have been good since then.

[keither5150]

I have arthritis and use a FB mat. I was thinking of switching to their new Performance turf tee box.....looks like CCE. I still have my FB hitting strip.... I am now thinking of using it after reading this post. I am moving into a new house which means a new sim build....

[richerod]

Elbows is where I felt it most using the CCE. Recently made move to FB. Big difference. No pain. Got the hitting panel and made a platform for it - https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...berbuilt-panel

[JakeGeezy]

Was it your lead elbow by chance?

[IowaCat89]

Primarily the lead elbow for me. However, as a beginning golfer my pain is almost always the result of a poor strike (way too fat). Now that I hit fewer of those shots, it's less of an issue. On a fat shot, if the mat grabs the club head, it seems to really crank my lead elbow. In my experience, turf "grabbyness" is the more critical factor. Surface firmness is a secondary consideration for me. As my swing gets more precise I may need to re-evaluate?

[Aaijala]

I started a Skytrak SIM build in my garage during lockdown an got a CCE 5x5 mat from Costco. After about 6 weeks of hitting hundreds of balls a day my wrists and my elbows were hurting. Upon some research I learned many people find CCE causes pain if you routinely take a divot. I actually started unconsciously changing my swing to pick the ball more- which I realized when my NJ club reopened and I got out to play. Bought a Fiberbuilt 1x3 hitting strip and now use the CCE as stance mat only. After a couple weeks pain is gone. Likely depends on your swing- I take a divot. Sweepers might not experience the same result.

[JakeGeezy]

I'm not a sweeper, but don't take heavy divots. I have the Quattro mat which, in my opinion, is a very fair mat (doesn't bunch up but you can feel the 'fatness', and is a bit more favorable than a traditional lie in the fairway). Reviews on it were good as well.

[Deuce]

I did the same thing. Turned my CCE into a stance mat and taped the FB hitting strip to the end of it.

[FCMTX75]

I switched to a Fiberbuilt mat this year and it's been a huge help on the elbows.