At some point in most of our lives, we will experience back pain. It happens to all of us. But what many people don’t think about, is that often the inactivity and not staying active is what causes the pain.
We have many patients that ask if it is safe to exercise with back pain and if they should rest until the back pain is gone, or what they can do to help alleviate the pain they are experiencing. While rest can help in some cases, we recommend staying active and moving as much as you can to help reduce the pain and strengthen the muscles that are important to you being pain-free.
This blog outlines what many of us do during setup that causes a problem during the golf swing, resulting in back discomfort and troubles after playing. There is a simple remedy that might greatly reduce your back discomfort when playing golf.
Golf is a sport that puts a lot of strain on different parts of the body. The torque, speed, and rotation needed to play the sport can put stress on the back, knees, shoulders & wrists.
There are three common anti-rotation assessments that Motus Rx Physical Therapy uses to evaluate golfers’ ability to speed up and slow down rotationally. This blog will walk you through each of these assessments and inform you of what your results might yield for your golf swing.
If you are slicing the golf ball, you need to be executing an inside-in club path to get your club face more square. Driving into your lead leg more to create more ground reaction force and clear the hips, having more torso side bend, and improving shoulder rotation will help you break habits that are causing you to slice the golf ball.
Every golfer is always looking for more distance to their drives. The two main benefits of adding distance are a shorter approach to the green and a better likelihood of making par. Dr. Eric Wallace has recognized several commonalities with golfers who cannot seem to add distance too their drives and writes how to fix them!
Turn in the golf swing increases rotational power, driving distance, and decreases strokes. Learn how to optimize your hips, shoulders, neck, and mid back to have the most efficient golf swing and forceful turn!
Dr. Eric Wallace sits down with Derek LaBonte, owner of Packerland CrossFit in Green Bay. They discuss the role of sleep, nutrition, mindset, and working out/crossfit in living an active lifestyle. You’d be surprised to find out you maybe shouldn’t focus on simply one aspect.
This blog covers how to go about discovering your baseline swing speed for golf and how to increase your swing speed. There are 4 major swing speed assessments that you can complete anywhere and with anyone to get a good idea of where you are at. The significance of each test in correlation with swing speed will be revealed throughout the blog.
