Just What The Doctor Ordered: Why A Golf Course Home Is Perfect For Certain Patients

Posted on: 17 February 2018

So, your doctor has told you that you have high anxiety, or high blood pressure, or that you seriously need to relax and be on quiet bed rest for, oh, the next year or so. You are thinking that there is no way you can do that in a city neighborhood with all of the noise and the home maintenance required. You know that you have to move in order to to secure your health and well-being, but where to go? Why not check out golf course homes for sale? Here are some reasons why a golf course home is right for certain patients and is exactly what your doctor ordered.

For Patients with High Blood Pressure

When you live on or very near a golf course, and you have high blood pressure, there are few benefits to this situation. First, it is very quiet, which helps reduce anger and stress. Reducing anger and stress reduces your blood pressure. Additionally, having a low-key form of exercise within steps of your front or back door will help get you moving, which also reduces your blood pressure.

For Patients with High Anxiety

High anxiety tends to cause you to feel out of control and frequently explode about small things. You are constantly worried, and your environment has a lot to do with that. Living in a golf course home, you have so much less to worry about.

A higher caliber of people live near golf courses, which means no one will block your driveway, or ruin your lawn, or throw things into your yard that are unpleasant. In addition to not having to worry about these things, your lawn is frequently maintained by the nearby golf course, which means you do not have to worry about that either. Your anxiety will drop to a more manageable level.

For Patients on Bed Rest

If you need to be on bed rest, living in a golf course home is the perfect place to do it. Much of the property is cared for by the golf course maintenance crews. If you need help with your plumbing, the golf course has someone they can recommend who knows where all of the golf course plumbing lies underground and how your plumbing is tied in. Electrical power that feeds the golf course also feeds your home, so if the power goes out, you can always call the golf course's clubhouse to see what is going on.

You can rely on this extra help to maintain your home and property while you recuperate in bed. Additionally, it is so quiet that all you ever hear are the tweeting birds outside your bedroom window. You cannot get more restful than that.

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