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What Are the Best Speed Training Drills?

By |August 6, 2020|

"How can I get faster?" It's one of the questions athletes, parents and coaches ask us most. The good news is that speed can be trained. The right speed training drills make almost any athlete quicker off the line, faster at top speed and sharper when they change direction. Here are the drills [...]

  • Coach guiding a client through a seated rotation exercise

The Best Golf Warmup Exercises

By |August 4, 2020|

The first few holes tell the story. Your back feels tight on the backswing, your shoulders don't want to turn, and it takes three or four shots before your swing feels like your own. For many golfers, those early strokes are lost before the round even starts. The fix is simple and takes [...]

  • Physical therapist using hands-on treatment on a patient's neck

Common Mistakes in Speed Training

By |August 4, 2020|

You're putting in the work, training for hours, but your speed isn't improving. What gives? With a good program, most athletes start getting faster within a few weeks and keep improving as the program progresses. If months have gone by with no progress, you're likely making one of these common speed training mistakes. [...]

Golf Injury Prevention: 5 Ways to Protect Your Back, Elbow & Shoulder

By |July 27, 2020|

It's a beautiful day, you're on the 7th hole with your golf buddies, and suddenly your back grabs mid-swing. Golf injuries are the last thing anyone expects at the course, but they are common, especially in recreational golfers. The good news is that most golf injuries are preventable. Here are the injuries we see [...]

  • Physical therapist guiding a patient's trunk rotation during a standing exercise

5 Golf Swing Mistakes No One Is Talking About

By |July 22, 2020|

Every golfer has a few mistakes they know about: the sunscreen they forgot, the three-putt on 18. The ones that cost you strokes and back pain are usually the ones you don't notice, because you repeat them every round. Here are 5 golf swing mistakes our team sees all the time in Fort [...]

5 Tips to Prevent Sciatica (and Protect Your Back)

By |July 17, 2020|

Nobody wants to live with pain, but it does get harder to avoid as we get older. The risk of back pain goes up after age 30, and sciatica is one of the most common types. Sciatica is pain, numbness or tingling that runs from the lower back down the back of the [...]

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