The game of golf requires a lot of physical coordination, and any golfer will tell you that a day on the course can take its toll on his or her body.

Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor of FoxNews.com, recently spoke with Dr. Bradford Parsons, an orthopedic surgeon at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City, about some common golf injuries.

"The low back is really put at stress with golf, with the swinging and with carrying of bags and things like that," Parsons said.  

According to Parsons, golfers are prone to injuries in their arms and upper torso as well.

"You've probably heard of golfer's elbow, which is an irritation of some muscles of the elbow," Parsons said.  "When you grip things or try to rotate a swing, that could hurt.  And then the other area is the shoulder.  The shoulder is prone to injury during golf both with swinging again and carrying the bag."