Thoracic spine rotation is one of the biggest limitations that people face in everyday life. Being able to rotate to the side with just your upper torso is critical for daily function and for sports such as golf and baseball. In this article, we’re going to go over the top three exercises to improve your…
If you have knee pain, that can affect your ability to swing the golf club correctly and your ability to move the club correctly through the golf ball. Most people will complain about their knee pain walking between holes, but it actually can cause some significant swing faults. If you have knee pain in your…
Elbow pain is one of the most common types of injuries in golf, and quite often the problem is how you’re approaching impact with the ball. Interestingly, players of different skill levels will tend to feel pain in different parts of the elbow. First, let’s discuss some basic terminology and anatomy of the elbow. With…
We’ll often say to “screw in your feet,” but just what does that mean? Take a squat as an example. In a weak knee position, your knees will come together and the outsides of your feet may come off the ground. This puts a lot of stress on your body and isn’t a very efficient…
Golfers commonly are seen doing lots of exercises that “look” like the golf swing. It is not uncommon to also see them standing on Bosu balls and other unstable surfaces trying to improve their stability. While theoretically this all may make sense, when you look at the research the evidence is less than convincing. Our…
The average time a golfer is out due to injury is 2-4 weeks. The most common reasons these occur are from the same 5-6 mistakes people make in the gym. Don’t be that golfer, don’t be the person who make these 6 mistakes are not only ones we see the most commonly, but also ones…
Navigating the healthcare system is complicated – and expensive. Today we’re going to be talking about how to work with the system to fix a certain type of problem quickly and as cheaply as possible. This problem is what we call musculoskeletal pain, which just means aches and pains of any intensity in the back,…
This is a common question we get at Par4Success. It’s boring to go to the gym just to do mobility for an hour. But after a long day, you also might not want to spend time and effort on working out. We have here for you a few simple ideas of how you can start…
Lower back pain is very commonly discussed. Less often discussed, but still very prevalent, are upper and middle back pain. Upper back pain is very common in golfers particularly among people who work at a desk for many hours a day or who hunch over their phones or other electronic devices. We see this issue…
Spinal Stiffness is a term you’ve probably not heard of. I mean what commercial gym is going to offer a “spinal stiffness” class? No one is really talking about spinal stiffness, but that’s really what the job of your core is. You core is not just your abs; it’s everything around your midsection, and that…