18/09/2024
You might have more mobility than you think.
Is your swing reflective of your mobility levels? Can you adequately express your mobility in a golf swing? Many of the golfers I work with over the age of 50 identify a lack of mobility as an area they need to improve for their golf swing. However is the answer to this simply manual therapy or mobility drills. Unfortunately many times simply improving isolated mobility of a joint doesn’t automatically mean your body will integrate that into the swing. For example I have seen golfers make gains in hip mobility through exercise or manual therapy, yet when they swing a golf club there is no difference. Why is this? You need to learn how to use it in the context of the golf swing. Obviously working with a swing coach can be very helpful in this process. I have found Rotex Motion to also be very useful in bridging this gap as well. Rotex not only is a great tool for improving mobility and stability, it also allows you to work these while in the positions you need to access in the golf swing. Besides this there are also several potential drills to help ingrain some of these feels such as the shown in the video above by Dr. Joe LaCaze. This can be very helpful in the body learning the new pattern.
If you are interested in this concept you will not want to miss our upcoming Speed and Longevity workshop with Dr. Joe and Fast Eddie Fernandes who will be discussing key parts of the body such as this, how to use them, and exercises to train them for their specific motion within the swing.