Improving Your Golf Performance
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By: Charles DeFrancesco and Dr. Robert Inesta
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Improving Your Golf Performance
Golf Analysis - We Can Help...
Your golf swing is all about proper body mechanics. A good golf swing requires full rotational capacity of nearly every joint involved and must be done - efficiently - easily - explosively - repeatedly. Many swing faults are directly attributable to poor joint mobility, resulting from soft-tissue restrictions.
At Club 800 we provide you with a means to enhance your Golf performance by identifying and releasing restrictions that reduce performance and cause injuries.
During our Golf Analysis we:
• Determine which structures are affected along the Golfers kinetic chain. We focus on more than just the chief area of restriction.
• Identify the antagonistic structures (opposing muscle groups) to those that have been identified as the primary structures causing the imbalance.
Since function and performance is based upon balance and coordination, an opposing soft-tissue structure is always affected by restrictions in the primary structure.
• Then treat each soft-tissue dysfunction with the appropriate technique to restore full function to the affected structures.
• The result is almost most always an improvement in Golf performance. Using this process has helped hundreds of Golfers achieve their goals and prevent numerous injuries from occurring.
Common Swing Faults
Common swing faults occur due to tight shoulder, tightness in the hip joint, spinal injuries, and repetitive strain injuries. When shoulder rotation is restricted the body compensates with excessive spinal rotation. This can result in back injury because most people already lack flexibility in the spine. In addition, golfers will notice that they have difficulties in:
• Keeping their eyes on the ball.
• Maintaining an optimal swing plane.
This results in fat or thin shots. When the golfer attempts to compensate at the shoulder joint, the chances of a hook or slice increases. Tightness in the hip joint rotational muscles places additional strain on the rotational requirements of the shoulder or spine. Often a golfer will compensate by lifting up during the back swing and then chop down on the ball resulting in a fat shot. Wrist and elbow injuries often occur when the body does not have the capacity to effectively compensate at either the shoulder or spine. The wrists are then over-used to drive as well as decelerate the golf club. These swing faults are often easily corrected by addressing the physical restriction the golfer has in their body. Stretching is often not enough to release these restrictions
Even individuals such as professional golfers who are constantly stretching find it difficult to release soft-tissue adhesions. This is why so many professional and amateur golfers are turning to Active Release Technique (ART), Graston, and Acupuncture to release and remove these restrictions. Often muscle groups will literally adhere to each other, preventing the sliding necessary for full mobility. During normal stretching, the first tissue that elongates may not be the scar tissue, but the normal healthy tissue. After the restriction has been removed an effective program of stretching will often be enough to stop the restrictions from returning. Applying Soft tissue techniques to golf related injuries. In order to effectively balance your muscles and remove joint restrictions we must first identify your unique pattern of muscle imbalances. By utilizing a series of muscle balance and swing analysis tests, we can identify the exact type, extent, and location of muscle restriction. We then use ART treatments and follow-up stretches to remove and resolve these restrictions, and then strengthen the muscles with weight training to prevent re-injury.
We don't tell you how to Golf, we just help your body perform the way it should.
Written by:
Charles DeFrancesco
Dr. Robert Inesta
800 Westchester Ave
Rye Brook, New York 10573