Here is a brief summary of my week long trip to the World Golf Fitness Summit and TPI Level 3 Medical I just got back from a week-long trip to Oceanside and Carlsbad California. It was all golf, although no golf shots were hit. While there, I completed my Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Medical
These are some of the best exercises that I know of for the rotator cuff. They were developed by Dr Tom House, a legendary pitching guru. What is important to know about the rotator cuff is its purpose, which is to stabilize the humerus into the scapula, so you can move your arm. 4 Muscles
I have never once heard a golfer tell me they hit the ball too far! Who wouldn’t want to hit the ball and extra 15 yards just by doing a few simple exercises and stretches 3x per week for 2 months? This blog is about a research article I came across titled, “An Eight-Week
Here’s some tips to improve your golf game during the winter months. Unfortunately the Golf season is ending for those of you up north. What do you do in the off-season to improve your game? Do you go to the golf dome and hit balls? That’s great you should be doing that regularly. Hitting
Here’s a list of 5 Exercises Mike Boyle says you should be doing in the gym. Nice little video here from strength coach Mike Boyle from Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning. This post is inspired from that video in an article by Boston.com. In the video, Mike says these are the 5 exercises you
The IT Band is a tough fibrous piece of tissue, located on the outside of your thigh. It is attached to the femur and cannot be lengthened or stretched. The most effective way to treat it is to address the underlying biomechanical problems. Source FMS Podcast Other sources: Greg Lehman, Brad Neal, Breaking Muscle,
4 Corrective Exercise Essentials I listened to this movement lecture on the long drive back to Florida from Nashville. This information is taken from Brett Jones. I am not taking credit for it, I just want to share with you his thoughts on corrective exercise. For those of you who do not know Brett Jones,
Have you ever wondered why people get hurt playing golf? After all golf is a recreational sport by nature. Traditionally golfers are not considered athletes. If golf is not athletic, why do you get hurt why playing or why do you hurt after playing? Not so fast. Professional golfers work just as hard if
TPI level 2 Medical focuses on a more specific assessment than TPI level 1, called the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA). The SFMA is used by many medical clinicians including DC’s, PT’s and ATC’s to find the cause of pain, which many times is a site different than the source of the pain. The SFMA
If you want to read the abstract of the study before reading my analysis click here. This study is very intriguing for a couple of reasons. One, it is the first of its kind to relate physical limitations identified in the body from the Level 1 screen and relating it to swing characteristics seen on