For most cases, however, resting first, and then moving about – alongside painkillers if needed – is all that is needed for the body to heal.
One ailment Bing did not recover from, though, is a heart attack in 1977.
Aged 74 at the time, Bing dropped dead at the La Moraleja golf club, Spain.
According to reports by the Los Angeles Times, Bing had collapsed while walking to the locker room after completing an 18-hole round.