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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreEvery 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!
Read MoreThose are the three major steps on how to physically improve for golf. So now we have a better understanding of what “golf fitness” really is all about if you are going about it correctly. It’s not blindly training on a treadmill, it's not blindly pounding balls at the range, it is identification: figuring out where you are at and where you want to go through the evaluation process that we have. Mobility, strength, power: physical adjustments and changes. When we are talking about our screening process, those are the three things that we are going to be looking at to physically improve. Re-integration: reintegration back into your sport. This includes practice with intent, finding someone that you like and trust, and continual objective measurement.
Read MoreThe number one thing that people were talking about was consistency. They wanted to know how they could get more consistent. Through my lens of working with biomechanics, golfers, and golf performance, the consistency aspect is always challenging because there are so many things that go into that. There is equipment, hand-eye coordination, club path, club face, set up posture, and the list goes on. Continue reading to discover how you can become more consistent and repeatable in your golf swing.
Learn about four key areas of the body to help improve your swing, fix your golf swing, reduce pain, improve your golf score, swing with ease, and drive the ball further. The upper neck, spine, hips, shoulders, and ankles are the most crucial areas for maximal rotational power. If you experience neck pain, upper neck pain, back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, or ankle pain, be sure to tune in.
Read MoreThis simple idea discusses what many of us do at set up that create an issue during the golf swing causing back pain with golf and issues after playing. There is a simple solution that may significantly improve your back pain with golf.
Read MoreDr. Eric had the fantastic opportunity to work with PGA Tour Pros at Torrey Pines in late January. Here’s what he learned from that experience working with elite, high level athletes and golfers and why it ultimately applies to you and your golf goals.
Read MoreGolf is a complex game and hard work and persistence is required to improve. But this detail and potential simplification of the golf swing has helped Eric 100% erase his back pain and had significant distance (without over swinging). Here’s how he found out about it, how he improved it, and why it was like Christmas in May at the Motus Rx Swing Studio!
Read MoreThe one simple change you can make with your golf posture/set up position to relieve knee, hip, and back pain as well as potentially add some distance.
Of course we want you to make the necessary physical changes to improve these things, BUT those do take time. This simple change is helpful starting now!
Read MoreWe just completed our weekend talking to, educating, and "stealing" data from many of the Fox Valley's amateur golfers. We were looking for interesting information we could use on pain, and I think it's safe to say we got some interesting answers.
Read MoreIn this Video Blog, we discuss how a sole focus on "core strength" to add distance to your golf game can be deceiving and what might be the better way to view and address your concerns.
Read MoreElbow pain with golf is common. So common that there is something actually called "golfer's elbow." However, with further investigation and understanding swing dynamics, we will start to realize that many painful elbow situations with golf are really coming from something else in the swing. Read on to find out what that something else is AND how it can help you add distance while you get out of pain.
Read MoreSee how an avid golfer was able to add 30 yards of distance on his drives by focusing on his body, developing power, and being committed to the process. Do you think more distance might be good for your game?
Read MoreThis post displays and describes one of the best golf exercises you can perform for spinal rotation specific to your golf swing. This exercise will help improve distance on your drives, reduce lower back pain potential, and keep your swing path more appropriate for your goals.
Read MoreWant to hit the golf ball farther? Want to learn a good warm up routine that actually helps? In the 1st post of this series on gaining distance to your game, we talk about a unique way to enhance your golf game that doesn't include any gimmicky products or putting yourself in any crazy positions...but it still might be different or unique to what you're used to...in a good way!
Read MoreMany of us have a golf posture that we wouldn't like if we saw on video, yet we don't know it. This article will tell you the reasoning behind C-Posture and gives some options on how to best address it from an exercise and movement standpoint.
Read MoreThis blog post describes why you have back pain with your golf swing or why your can't hit the ball farther or consistently due to C-Posture at address.
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