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I specialize in Muscle Activation Technique to reduce pain, restore movement, and help you perform your best—no matter your age or activity level.
✅ Strength & Stability
✅ Injury Recovery
✅ Pain Relief That Lasts
📍 Visalia, CA

12/23/2025

Most golfers try to stretch their way into more rotation.
But rotation improves when your body feels strong and stable in the end range.

Before this drill:
👉 swing slow and controlled.

After the isometric:
👉 swing again and notice what changed.

Light spinal rotation isometrics
(10–15 seconds, very easy effort)
can help restore control, confidence, and smoother rotation in the swing.

Save this and try it before your next range session. 🏌️‍♂️

12/22/2025

Hip pain is may be the signal — not the source.

In this session, the main complaint was hip pain and weakness.
Instead of stretching or chasing the painful spot, we looked upstream.

When you restore strength and stability where the system stopped trusting itself,
the hip often stops having to compensate.

That’s the difference between
temporary relief
and lasting change.

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If your hip pain keeps coming back, this is the conversation worth having.

12/20/2025

A golf swing is rotational.

When spinal rotation is limited, force doesn’t disappear it gets redirected.

Over time, that stress commonly shows up in the lower back, lead hip, shoulders, or neck.

This is why many golfers deal with “mystery” pain without realizing the root cause.




12/19/2025

This is not a swing flaw.

When spinal rotation is limited, most golfers assume they’re “tight” or doing something wrong mechanically.

But from a Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) perspective, the issue is usually muscles that can’t contract well in their shortened position.

When muscles can’t do their job, the body compensates.
And over time, those compensations show up as:
• loss of power
• inconsistency
• stress in the back, hips, or shoulders

Understanding the why changes how you train — and how you protect your body.

👉 Save this if it changes how you think about mobility.







12/18/2025

Feeling good doesn’t always mean you’re actually better.

A lot of chronic back pain clients tell me the same thing:
“I’m okay right now… but I’m just waiting for it to come back.”

That’s not weakness.
That’s a body surviving on compensation.

True progress looks like:
• Less fear
• More tolerance
• Fewer flare-ups
• Confidence in normal movement again

If your scans look “fine” but your back still runs the show, there’s usually a missing support system — not a missing diagnosis.

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Comment “BACK” or DM me if this sounds like you.

12/17/2025

One common reason so many golfers struggle with consistency 👇

When spinal rotation is limited, the body loses separation and power.
At slower speeds it may look fine — but when intensity increases, compensation takes over.

This is why players often stripe it on the range…
then lose it on the course.

👉 Save this if it sounds familiar.






12/17/2025

“Golfers don’t stop swinging when rotation is limited — they adapt.”

This is one of the most common compensations coaches see when spinal rotation isn’t doing its job.

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Save this if it feels familiar.

Thank you Tristan for sharing with us!

12/13/2025

Most golfers don’t have a swing problem — they have a movement problem.

One of the biggest quiet killers of performance and consistency in golf is limited spinal rotation. When your body can’t rotate effectively, the swing doesn’t stop — it just compensates.

That’s when you start seeing things like:
• Early extension
• Over-the-top moves
• Hanging back
• Loss of posture
• Inconsistent contact
• Low back, hip, or shoulder stress

In this video, I break down:
• What spinal rotation actually does in the golf swing
• How limitations show up in real swings
• Why compensations appear
• Where the stress goes over time
• How Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) helps restore the motion
• A simple way to start reconnecting rotation

I’m not a golf swing coach — my role is to help give coaches a body that can actually do what they’re teaching.

If you’ve ever felt like your swing breaks down under speed or effort, this will help you understand why.

👇 Watch through and let me know if this sounds familiar.




12/12/2025

If your swing keeps compensating, this may explain why. Full video breakdown linked in bio.

12/12/2025

One month in.

This isn’t about quick fixes.
It’s about building a body that can tolerate life again.

Capacity over relief. Always.

These were all said on the same day —after one month of focused work.This isn’t about chasing pain relief.It’s about res...
12/12/2025

These were all said on the same day —
after one month of focused work.

This isn’t about chasing pain relief.
It’s about restoring strength and capacity
so the body no longer has to protect itself with pain.

Build capacity. Don’t just manage pain.

12/10/2025

Most golfers don’t have a swing problem…
They have a movement problem.

If your spine can’t rotate, your swing will always compensate — usually with early extension, an over-the-top move, or hanging back.

The good news? You can restore this motion faster than you think.

For the full breakdown of what spinal rotation does in your swing, how limitations show up, and a drill you can start today, check out the carousel on my page.

Want to know how your rotation is impacting your swing?
DM me “ROTATION.”

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5105 W Cypress
Visalia, CA
93291

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+15599060367

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