New Chiropractic Patients
One very important, yet underrated technique for improving your golf swing, is the quantity and quality of rotation your body is able to give you in the swing phase. You must have the range of rotation but also the ability to stabilise in this movement pattern. This week we will show you our top exercises to help with this!
Tiger Woods is quoted as saying “I’ve been going to chiropractors for as long as I can remember. It’s as important to my training as practising my swing.”
In golf, a game won and lost in millimetres, the slightest change in body position is the difference between a birdie or a bogie. Your stance and body movements are massive factors affecting where the ball ends up. These millimetres can make the difference between winning and losing a competition (even a friendly round with your friends).
Here are 4 mobility exercises you can try, to help improve your movement!
Kneel down and place your hands on the seat of your sofa
With elbows straight, lift both your chest and chin to arch your back and neck
Then reverse this movement, pushing your mid back backwards and tucking your chin under
Repeat 8-12 times as a guide, but you can do this until you feel more fluid movement
Kneel down and place your hands on the seat of your sofa
Take one hand off, with the hand still on the sofa keep that arm straight
Reach through with your free arm under the straight arm and then rotate away and point to the ceiling
Do this on both sides, 8-12 times as a guide, you can do this until you feel more fluid movement
Stand on one leg and pivot forwards at the hip, keeping the low back straight and knee softened but supportive
Rotate your torso left to right over the hip of the leg that is on the floor
You can hold the wall for support when you start to help with balance
Do this on both sides, repeat 8-12 times as a guide, you can do this until you feel more fluid movement
Kneel down with one leg in front, knee straight and heel on the floor
Place one hand on the quadricep just above the knee, and one hand on the calf, just behind the knee
Lean forward at the hips keeping your low back straight
Hold for 10 seconds, come up slightly and then lean forwards again, but stretching slightly beyond where you were before
Repeat this so you hold the stretch for 30 seconds in total
Do this on both sides, repeat 2 more times as a guide, you can do this until you feel more fluid movement
These tips may improve your golf driving ability. Finding those incremental improvements will add up over 18 holes!
Heal > Adapt > Evolve
