Golf

Whether you are an avid golfer or someone who golfs a couple of times a year, HealthQuest Physical Therapy can improve your performance and prevent golf-related injury. If your body is not running smoothly, you will not hit the ball properly which often leads to further injury, poor performance, and ongoing frustration – not a good recipe for the enjoyment of this popular sport. Let us help you!

WHY PHYSICAL THERAPY?

Golfers with muscle tightness, joint restriction, or poor body mechanics can struggle to consistently execute a golf swing. Swing faults can occur due to limitations or pain in the body, poor technique, or even improper equipment. Those factors, over time, can potentially lead to injury or aggravate pre-existing neck, shoulder, back, arm, and hand injuries.

Golfers seeking help from a physical therapist with expertise in golf performance can achieve proper biomechanics and body movement while avoiding injury, eliminating pain from an existing injury and/or improving the consistency of the golf swing.

COMMON AREAS PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP GOLFER

Steps in our golf program

STEP 1: TOTAL BODY EVALUATION

We begin with a detailed assessment of your body and determine exactly how to improve your game based on your unique needs and goals.

STEP 2: SWING ANALYSIS

We assess movement quality, looking for any decreases in mobility, strength, or stability that can have an impact on your golf swing.

STEP 3: INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM

Using soft tissue techniques, manual therapy, stretching, strengthening and stabilization exercises, we will optimize your body and maximize your swing.

STEPS 4: PREVENT INJURY & LOWER YOUR SCORE

Golfers of all ages and skill levels can participate in our golf-specific physical therapy program!

BENEFITS OF OUR PROGRAM

Whether you are a novice golfer, a weekend golfer or a professional, our golf physical therapy rehab program works for you.

• Corrective exercise application
• Decrease painful movement patterns
• Decrease the risk of further injury
• Golf training exercises
• Play the game of golf with greater efficiency
• Strength training specific to golf
• Total body movement assessment

GOALS & STRATEGIES IN OUR GOLF-SPECIFIC PROGRAM

YOUR CUSTOMIZED PROGRAM WILL:

• Identify the biomechanical challenges that are impeding your golf performance (pain, immobility, weakness)
• Create a treatment plan to address your specific injury or the deficit that is negatively impacting your golf game
• Provide manual therapy to ensure healing
• Provide therapeutic exercises to achieve long-term recovery
• Educate you on red flags and prescribe a routine to help keep you on the course longer

HOW WE TREAT GOLFERS

HealthQuest has many physical therapists who have completed certifications and specialized training through the Titleist Performance Institute and the Gray Institute’s Functional Golf System. These certifications use a variety of tools that provide golf-specific screenings and treatments to help improve golfers of all levels.