Dr. JC Aikenhead - Golf Physio

Dr. JC Aikenhead - Golf Physio 🏌️ Golfers with back, hip, or shoulder pain
We assess movement & swing — not just pain
No rest. We are only focused on YOU getting back to your activities.

No guessing.
👇🏼Apply for a Golf Performance Diagnostic in Links Section We are the opposite of typical Chiropractic and Physical Therapy. The current Chiro/PT field is only looking for more patients per hour, your insurance dictates your care, they hand you off to assistants to do exercises, you get temporary relief, and treatment with no end date. We offer 60 min 1 on 1 appointments, only. We off

er customized care plans with an end date. We find the root cause behind your pain and we work for YOU, not the insurance company.

04/26/2026

Your back pain isn’t a swing flaw. It’s a position flaw.

Stand up. Let your pelvis dump forward into anterior tilt — ribs flared, low back arched, butt sticking out. That’s the position 80% of golfers live in. And it’s the position they swing from.

Here’s what that does:
You lose your zone of apposition. The diaphragm and pelvic floor stop stacking, so your core can’t actually brace. Your hips lose access to true internal rotation because the femur is jammed into the front of the socket. Your lumbar spine sits in extension at address — before you’ve even moved.

Now you load into the trail side. The pelvis can’t rotate (no hip IR available), so the rotation has to come from somewhere. It comes from your low back. Every single rep. Lumbar extension, side bend, and rotation all stacked on top of each other under load.

That’s not a swing problem. That’s a tissue you’re asking to do a job it was never built for.

The fix isn’t more core work. It isn’t stretching your hip flexors for the 400th time. It’s repositioning the pelvis so the hips can do hip things and the spine can stop compensating.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

Drop POSTURE below and I’ll send you the repositioning drill I start every client with.

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04/26/2026

90 seconds a day.

This is the drill that builds the wall.

Lay on your back. Knees bent at 90 degrees. Feet flat on a wall or up on a bench so your shins are parallel to the floor. Arms crossed over your chest.

Slow inhale through your nose. Long exhale through your mouth — five seconds, all the way out, until your ribs drop and your low back presses into the floor. Hold three seconds with no air. Inhale again. Five breaths.

That’s it. You’re not stretching. You’re not strengthening.

You’re teaching your body where the wall is.
Do it in the morning. Do it before you hit balls. Do it before a round.

Part 4 of 5.

Tomorrow: how to load the wall in your swing — and what to do if you’ve done all four parts and you’re still stuck.

Follow for part 5.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/25/2026

Charley Hull says golf training is rubbish.

She’s right — for her.

She’s a 29-year-old athlete who’s been moving like one since she was 14. She already owns the hip internal rotation, the thoracic access, the lead-side stability your average 50-year-old golfer lost a decade ago.
When she skips “boring movement stuff,” she’s skipping work she doesn’t need.

When you skip it, you keep losing distance, leaking power, and blaming your swing.

Different bodies. Different problems. Different answers.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

Comment “Golf” and I’ll send you the screen that shows where your access is actually leaking →

04/24/2026

30-second test. Do it before your next range session.
Stand with your heels six inches from a wall. Lean back until your butt and upper back touch the wall at the same time. Reach behind your low back.

If your whole hand fits in the gap — your pelvis is tipped forward, your ribs are flared, and you have no wall in your body. You’re trying to rotate against air.

Exhale all the way out. Pull your ribs down. Let your pelvis come underneath you. Your low back should flatten against the wall.

If it won’t flatten no matter how hard you exhale — that’s the position you’re stuck in. On the range. Over the ball. At impact. Your left hip will never clear, because the wall isn’t there to clear against.

Part 3 of 5. Tomorrow: the drill that builds the wall.

Follow for part 4.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/24/2026

Width comes from the rib cage, not the arms. Trail-side expansion, lead-side compression, thorax rotating around the pelvis — that’s what creates a real arc.

When the thorax can’t expand, the spine side-bends to fake it. That’s not width. That’s a compensation waiting to become a swing fault or a low back issue.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/23/2026

Rotation isn’t something you do. It’s something that happens to you when your pelvis is in the right position.
Most golfers over 40 stand over the ball with their ribs flared up, chest pushed out, and butt stuck back behind them. Feels athletic. It’s not. In that position, your left hip is locked before you ever take the club back — and you have no wall.

Stack your ribs over your hips, pelvis underneath you, and suddenly you have a wall. Ground force travels up your lead leg, hits the wall, and reflects out and away from the target. The turn is the output. The wall is the input.

No wall = no rotation. Just a slide, a stand-up, and a sore back by the 12th hole.

Part 2 of 5. Tomorrow: the 30-second test.

Follow for part 3.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/22/2026

Every coach in your feed is treating your left hip like a swing fault.

It’s not. It’s a positioning problem. And until you fix the position, no amount of hip drills, glute work, or “fire your hips” cues will ever make it clear.

This is part 1 of a 5-part series breaking down exactly why your left hip is stuck — and what actually unlocks it.

Follow so you don’t miss parts 2–5.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/22/2026

You’re not swinging it wrong. You’re swinging what your body will let you.

No amount of lessons will fix a swing your body can’t physically make.

Early extension? Your hips can’t internally rotate.
Casting? Your lead side can’t stabilize.

Over the top? Your thoracic spine can’t rotate.
These aren’t swing faults. They’re your body’s workaround for what it can’t do.

So you drill. You film. You “feel” the fix on the range. Then the pattern comes right back the second you stop thinking about it.

Because the swing isn’t the problem. It’s the receipt.

Comment “DIAGNOSTIC” and I’ll send you the assessment that shows you exactly which movement is blocking your swing.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/22/2026

Your driver isn’t the problem.

Your setup isn’t the problem.

Your tempo isn’t the problem.

The problem is that your body has spent 45+ years sitting, driving, working, and compensating — and now it physically can’t get into the positions a powerful swing requires.

You can’t rotate through your lead hip because it doesn’t have internal rotation.

You can’t load into your trail side because your rib cage is stuck in extension.

You can’t finish your backswing because your thoracic spine stopped rotating a decade ago.

No amount of range time fixes this. No swing coach fixes this. No $700 driver fixes this.

The only thing that fixes it is restoring the movement your body has lost — and most golfers over 45 have never been assessed for any of it.

That’s what we do at Specialized Golf Performance. We find the exact movement restrictions killing your distance, and we build a plan to get them back.

Chicagoland golfers — DM me the word DISTANCE and I’ll send you the details on our Elite Golf Performance Diagnostic.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/21/2026

Copying a tour swing is how 45-year-olds end up with back pain and less distance.

Here’s what nobody tells you:
Every signature move you see on tour — Wolff’s trigger, Ballester’s shift, Varner’s pause, Puig’s tilt, Uihlein’s simplicity — is a downstream expression of what that player’s body can access.

Wolff can load that trigger because his hips move.
Ballester pushes off the ground like a lever because his lead side accepts load.

Puig used to compensate with side bend — until his back sent the invoice.

Varner’s pause works because he has real separation between his pelvis and ribcage.

Uihlein looks orthodox because nothing in his body is hiding.

The shape isn’t the skill.

The shape is the body telling the truth.

Copy the position without the movement underneath it, and you don’t just miss the distance — you inherit the injury.

If your lessons aren’t sticking, if your back hurts the day after you play, if you’re working harder and getting less — the swing isn’t the problem.

The body that’s supposed to run the swing is.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/20/2026

Every coach in your feed tells you to “push into the ground” to clear the left hip through impact.

So you’ve done it. 10 years of it.

Your hip still hangs. Your swing still stalls. Your hands still flip to square the face.

Here’s what nobody told you:
You can’t clear a joint that won’t rotate.

The left hip doesn’t need more force shoved into it. It needs the capacity to internally rotate — and it can’t, because your pelvis is already stuck forward and rotated to the right (anterior tilt, left side locked).
Your body is “left to right” all day long. That’s the problem. Not the fix.

When you can’t access left hip IR, the pelvis has to escape somewhere:
→ UP (early extension)
→ OUT (over the top)
→ NOWHERE (stall and flip)

None of which clear the hip.

The fix isn’t a cue. It’s capacity.

Reposition the pelvis → restore left hip internal rotation → the “clear” happens without trying. No push required. No swing thought needed.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

04/19/2026

You’re fixing the wrong swing flaw.

Early extension isn’t the problem. It’s early extension due to a lead hip that won’t internally rotate.

Over the top isn’t the problem. It’s over the top due to a rib cage locked in extension.

Casting isn’t the problem. It’s casting due to a pelvis that can’t decelerate.

Every swing fault you’ve been drilling for years is a symptom. Your body is compensating on purpose — protecting itself from a movement it doesn’t have access to.

You can hit a thousand balls on the range. You can film your swing from four angles. If the input doesn’t change, the output won’t either.

Fix the movement. The swing cleans itself up.

Movement first. Swing second. Results follow.

DM me “DIAGNOSTIC” and I’ll show you which compensation your body is running — and exactly how to fix it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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