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Physical Rehabilitation in Golf

I. Our goal:

In order for golfers to perform better in matches and in training, special physical training is essential. Comprehensive training and recovery take an important role in making the athletes learn how to use their own bodies better, bring into full play the use of technical actions, reduce the risk of injuries and extend their sports life.

“There are many golf enthusiasts coming to my studio for help; ranging from amateurs to professionals, from youth to adult. They are a microcosm of golf enthusiasts, and they all have experienced the same problems —— sports injuries, and also how to improve their skills. Even the most professional golf coaches wonder the same thing. Through helping these players, we are also constantly looking for answers. Practical experience has taught us that normal physical exercise ability and correct movement patterns are the key to prevention of sports injuries.”

Is your body ready for it?

Whether you are an amateur or a professional golfer, when you start golf training and decide to enjoy this sport, you have already entered into a comprehensive training system. Each element, which affects each other element, in the system is an essential link for completion of golf sports.

Most people start learning how to golf from basic instructions, which mainly include gripping the club, standing position, aiming, basic club swing, ball position and so on. And then it transitions to ball control skills and field walkthrough. In the TPI player training method (illustration 1), you will find that physical condition is the foundation of basic teaching. When most people start their first basic technique training course in golf, they never find out their own physical condition, and they start training before their physical athletic ability is ready for golf techniques. This is like a person who never runs, participating in a marathon before getting any progressive training, and the consequence is pain and injury. It has planted the seed of potential injury risk when you start training at the beginning.

illustration 1. from《TPI CERTIFED SEMINAR MANUAL》

We suggest that before getting ready for golf training, you take a physical athletic ability test and assessment (Illustration 2). The results of these tests will intuitively reflect the flaws in your athletic ability a great deal, and it can even indicate possible wrong movements when you swing. Next, you need to “fix” your body, so that it can achieve the requirements of playing. Once you have the physical ability assessment and physical training, you will discover that you can be more aware of where the problems are coming from, and more importantly, you will know what to do next. If you are already a trained golf player, you can take this kind of test any time, and if you add a physical training plan to your golf training, you will find unexpected benefits.

Illustration 2. Body function tests

How should our bodies work?

Everyday, our studio receives top athletes in different sports, including basketball, tennis, soccer, marathon, race walking, skiing, speed skating, swimming, gymnastics and so on. In the process of helping them recover from sports injuries and return to the arena, it requires us, the physical therapists, to understand accurately how the body works in different sports, and what ability our bodies need.

Mike Boyle and Gray Cook discovered that “your body works in an alternating pattern of stability and mobility (Illustration 3). If this pattern is altered, dysfunction and compensation will occur.”

illstration 3. from 《TPI CERTIFED SEMINAR MANUAL》）

For easy understanding, we will explain using the example of the most common types of back pain in golf: in the illustration, the joints, identified in yellow, need stability in movement, while the parts identified in red need mobility. Many people’s hip mobility is poor, and when they play golf, the body needs to complete the swing action. Therefore, in order to compensate the lack of hip rotation, the neighboring lower back has to rotate much more, which creates the situation in which the lower back rotates more than the hips. However, the lower back is the joint that needs to be stabilized in movement, therefore, this incorrect movement pattern causes the lower back to bear too much activity, resulting in injury.

Allowing the body to work in accordance with the normal form of exercise is essential. Accidents, posture, repeated injuries, stress, anxiety, learning incorrect techniques and other factors will affect the normal form of exercise. Therefore, while you are enjoying the joy that golf brings to you, do not ignore your body’s signals. If you feel any discomfort during playing, this means, “Hey! Your body is sending you a warning – it is time for maintenance.”

Why can’t I do this motion?

During practice, you constantly pursue perfect technique by practicing hundreds of times, communicating with coaches, learning correct motions, etc., and there is something always popping into your mind: “Am I doing this correctly? Why can’t I do this the way the coach taught me?”

What professional golf coaches do is very similar to what doctors do: they conduct a comprehensive analysis based on information such as your age, playing, swing motion, and so on, and then, they tell you what you need to do to make adjustments. In most cases, you would quickly comprehend the coach’s intentions, and complete the improved motions, but sometimes, no matter how hard you work, you cannot make the right moves.

To complete the right technical motion and stabilize it is related to many factors. Sometimes it is not that you really cannot complete the motion, but that your body limits you from doing it. For example, on preparation, many people have S-shaped posture (illustration 4a). Some of them improve through self-adjustment of their body positions, and some of them have a difficult time changing it, and at a time like that, you need to consider whether or not it is your own body itself that limits you. The under-crossing syndrome (illustration 4b) is a common problem today, which causes S-shaped posture for many people. This problem originates from an imbalance of muscles around the spine, as well as incorrect sitting and lying positions, which lead to back muscles tightened and shortened, weakened abdominal muscles, hip flexor muscles tightened and shortened, and weakened hip extensor muscles. If you have these problems, we suggest that before practice, you should relax your hip flexor muscles and back muscles to activate your abdominal muscles and gluteal muscles.

a. S-shaped posture b. under-crossing syndrome

illstration 4. S-shaped posture & under-crossing syndrome

Our suggestions:

1. Before starting to practice golf, have professionals, including golf coaches, physical therapists, orthopedic doctors, special fitness coaches and so on, conduct a comprehensive testing and evaluation of your athletic ability. You will learn about your physical movement ability from many aspects, which will greatly benefit you in preventing injuries, while helping you to master techniques, and excavating your own potentials.

2. Pay attention to physical training and adjustment, like you do with technical training; both of them are indispensable. While doing golf training, you should do physical training at least 2-3 times a week. The training I am talking about here is different from normal training at the gym, which is not simple muscle strength training. For most people, you probably need to start from coordination and flexibility training, and in which you can seek help from a physical therapist, or a special coach, or a special fitness coach.

3. Please remember, your technique improvement depends on the constant guidance of your coach, and the athletic ability of your body also needs constant improvement. When you discover certain motions are difficult to master no matter how hard you practice, perhaps you should try to find answers in the aspect of body movement dysfunction.

4. You should learn how to take care of your body while enjoying the sport of golf, and pay attention to the body’s signals of pain. When your body hurts, it means your body is suffering from damage. Whether or not you can tolerate the pain, you should make yourself stop, and seek help from doctors and physical therapists. Once you find out the position and the nature of the injury, get treatment. Meanwhile, you should discuss with your coach and therapist about your hitting analysis and your physical ability, to see whether or not they are the cause for this injury. Finally, you should develop a systematic technical training and physical training plan to prevent further injury.

II. The Advantages of Dr. Chen’s STaR Studio:

The purpose of launching the golf physical rehabilitation services by Dr. Chen’s STaR Studio is to use scientific sports methods to evaluate, monitor and develop individualized rehabilitation and training plans for golf enthusiasts, so that their bodies stay in good condition. We have worked with many top Chinese golf players, such as Hu Mu, Huang Wenyi, Feng Sizong, He Zeyu and so on.

Our studio:
1. has accumulated a great number of successful physical rehabilitation cases for high-level golf players, and is a partner with many golf clubs.
2. is the multi-functional international frontier of physical rehabilitation concepts.
3. is a team composed of experienced rehabilitation therapists and fitness trainers.
4. has advanced international physical rehabilitation equipment and technologies.
5. has provided targeted physical rehabilitation to athletes such as Hu Mu, Feng Simin, He Zeyu, Liu Yanwei, etc., and achieved great results that have been praised and appreciated by athletes and their coaches.
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III. Dr. Chen’s STaR Studio Provides the Following Services for You:

Service Subject	Service Content
A. Function Assessment	Stable and mobile posture assessment
	Range of motion test
	Strength test for golfing
B. Physical Optimization	Posture adjustment and reconstruction
	Body flexibility enhancement
	Stability of Body posture enhancement
C. Golf Performance Enhancement	Biomechanical analysis of golf techniques
	Golf flexibility and coordination training
	Golf strength and explosiveness training
D. Sports Injury Protection and Rehabilitation	Upper limbs
	Lower limbs
	Spine and pelvis