So after you sink that final putt on the 18th hole, what do you do when you’re done playing a round of golf? You go home and lie to your family about your score, of course. Then what? If it’s anything other than making a beeline for your spa, you’re cheating yourself, your body and your golf game.

It’s no secret that therapists have been using heat therapy and hydrotherapy on their golfer clients for years.

You can get both at the same time by warming up (literally) in your spa before you play and heading straight to the hot tub to recover when you’re done. How does it work? Let’s take a look at what the experts say.

According to GolfChannel.com, golfers are especially prone to 10 common injuries and ailments. Nine of them can be alleviated, avoided or soothed with hot tub therapy. Let’s start with the 10th problem, which hot tubs can’t fix.

Sunburn. The 10th one is sunburn. If you’re going golfing in the hot sun, wear sunblock. Or don’t. But if you turn bright red, it’s not your hot tub’s fault.

The other nine are:

• Back pain
• Knee pain
• Tendinitis in the elbows
• Wrist injuries
• Rotator cuff pain
• Hand and finger pain
• Neck pain
• Foot and ankle pain
• Hip problems

Every single one of these involves inflammation, swelling, muscle tightness, tension, stiffness and/or blood vessel constriction, all of which are screaming your hot tub’s name.

Hot tubs are healing machines for golfers, so the next time spend three hours twisting yourself into a pretzel with a heavy hunk of iron, come home to your your spa.

With the exception of sunburn, your hot tub can solve every problem your golf game gives you. Except for that horrific slice on the 11th. And the the three balls you put in the drink. And the chip shot you skulled over the green.

That’s all on you — the rest can be healed by a soak in the spa.