PHYSICAL PROFILING PACKAGES

PACKAGE 1

This includes:

Postural and muscle imbalance assessment & stretching programme:

To identify common postural problems and muscle imbalances associated with golfers that can affect good swing mechanics and lead to injury & inability to play.

Stretching programme specific to findings from assessment. 
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PACKAGE 2

This includes:

1. Postural and muscle imbalance assessment & stretching programme:

To identify common postural problems and muscle imbalances associated with golfers that can affect good swing mechanics and lead to injury & inability to play.

Stretching programme specific to findings from assessment. 

2.  Stability & control assessment:         
               
Series of tests to identify muscle weakness in key golf specific areas that can lead to instability and loss of control.

Exercise programme based on findings.  
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PACKAGE 3

This includes:

1. Postural and muscle imbalance assessment with video analysis:

To identify common postural problems and muscle imbalances associated with golfers that can affect good swing mechanics and lead to injury & inability to play.

Stretching programme specific to findings from assessment. 

2.  Stability & control assessment:     
                   
Series of tests to identify muscle weakness in key golf specific areas that can lead to instability and loss of control.

Exercise programme based on findings. 

3. Introductory golf fitness gym kit:

Comprising of spikey ball, theraband & mini-band with 30 golf specific exercises. This equipment will enable the golfer to perform “golf specific” exercises at home or during their travels. Ideal for maintaining golf specific fitness in the winter!

4. Golf specific “5 minute warm up”

Never again go onto the 1st Tee without having carried out a “golf specific” warm-up and built up your “golf feel” before hitting that first shot. Warm-up programme for golf bag.

5. Any advice you want to ask:      
This includes:

a.         gym workouts for golfers
b.         exercise prescription when injured or during rehabilitation to speed up recovery process and get back on the links! 
c.         injuries that may be inhibiting your golf swing and golf participation

For more information or to book a “Physical Profiling Package”, contact us here.

PHYSICAL PROFILING - A PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH

INTRODUCTION
Physical Profiling is a successful process carried out by physiotherapists for golfers. This process is now used by many golf organisations and golf tour players around the world. A number of elite tour players actually have their own physiotherapists assessing their bodies to maintain peak performance and prevent golf injuries at the top level.
Many of the world's top golf organisations now have physical profiling as an integral part of their systems within their programmes at elite amateur and professional level.

Physical Profiling determines physical and postural limitations of the golfer. It enables early detection of muscle imbalances, therefore preventing injury and allowing the maintenance of peak performance of the golfer.
Physical Profiling can easily be applied to all types of golfer e.g. elite amateur, lady golfer or corporate golfer. 

THE BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL PROFILING TO THE GOLFER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
From a personal point of view the golfer can be shown by the physiotherapist the weaknesses of the golfer's body which will lead to swing deviations. The physiotherapist can screen the golfer and therefore outline physiological weaknesses that can determine weaknesses in technique .

Profiling will identify risk areas within the golfer. These are high-risk areas, which have a predisposing possibility of breaking down, therefore resulting in the player being unable to play or practice for long periods of time to enhance their performance. A long term relationship with a physiotherapist will improve the golfer’s knowledge of their body as it relates to the golf swing. When golfer’s attend physiotherapy with golf injuries it is usually as a result of poor understanding of the golf swing and its related bio-mechanics .

Physical Profiling is really the first step to physical conditioning of the golfer.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST STEPS IN PHYSICAL CONDITIONING ARE AS FOLLOWS:

There are no set recipes for physical conditioning of golfers; would you give the same exercise program to Laura Davies as you would to Michelle Wie?

Obviously not, therefore the first step to fitness/physical conditioning is Physical Profiling

Profiling really means assessing all the muscle groups, posture, the range of movement available at the joints of your body and the deviation from the normal. Specific exercises are given for specific conditions.

In other words exercise prescription rather than recipes.

Muscle imbalances occur when the body is continually fixed in a permanent position or involved in repetitive actions or through poor posture. This is caused by fixed prolonged functional activities such as computer work, driving, gardening or using a mobile phone, not to mention “beating” golf balls on the range without stretching or changing postural positions.
Golf is an asymmetrical sport, for example moving from left to right in a right handed golfer. In addition to this, leaning over the ball causes the front (anterior) of the body to get tight and the back (posterior) of the body to get weak.

A qualified golf specific physiotherapist is trained to carry out Physical Profiling for individuals. Specific stretching and postural exercises can be given to service their personal physical requirements.

This profiling and exercise programme can be given to the coach to follow up with the golfer.
The golfer then has the confidence of knowing that he/she has a programme that is personal to them and which they can build and improve upon.

No golfer should really carry out any stretches or a strength and conditioning programme prior to Physical Profiling.

How do you know what you are stretching needs to be stretched?

It may already be working beyond its normal range of movement, so what do you do then?  

Any golfer who is serious about having golfing longevity and playing to their full potential should undergo Physical Profiling. After all what is the point of getting into your 50’s and beyond then finding out you can’t move.

For more information on Physical Profiling, treatment of any golf related condition or advice on golf fitness contact us here

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