Promote Your Golf Health
Recently I contacted Lynda Lippin, a certified Pilates Teacher Trainer, Personal Trainer and Reiki Master, after seeing a post from her on Facebook to a golfer friend of mine discussing a couple of Pilates programs that were being used successfully by golfers. I asked her if I could get her neck [...]
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Walk a Mile (or a Golf Course) in Carling Coffing’s Golf Shoes
Shake, shake, shake! Dance, dance, dance! I made it through LPGA Qschool Sectional Qualifying! After a 79 in the first round, the rest of the week was a full out battle to fight back into the top 30. It was horrible, aching, and mentally [...]
5 Ways To Make Fall Golf More Fun
What to do when the warm sunny days of summer start to morph into the cool (sometimes cold) rainy days of fall and beyond? For die-hard golfers this is nothing more than a nuisance but for those of us that are more concerned about our physical comforts while [...]
There have been articles posted on Ladies on the Tee on fitness, stretching, yoga and chiropractic care. How about one that addresses the pain immediately following strenuous exercise, on or off the course?
Over the years I have found ice to be my closest friend when it comes to soothing sore muscles or problem joint areas. [...]
Continuing with my golf fitness quest I turned to Dee Tidwell of www.golffitnessguys.com. He has written some fitness articles for our blog which provided some great exercises and stretches – complete with pictures. It wasn’t until I received an email from Dee that discussed the prevalence of hip tightness, shoulder and back pain with golfers [...]
My Quest to be Pain-Free!
Recently I wrote about the benefits of playing golf if you have arthritis and the role a chiropractor can play in keeping you ‘in the game’. Now we need to address another very key element for playing better golf. That is golf fitness.
Playing better golf is subject to individual interpretation. For [...]
With golfers worldwide finally embracing a more comprehensive approach to training for golf, it’s now time to bring in the elements of solid golf nutrition.
It goes without saying that proper nutrition is important for all of us. But, if you are serious about shaving valuable strokes off your scorecard, you need to make some tough [...]
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What I have found with training women over the years is the need and benefit of training strength, stability and subsequently power. Women often times lack the strength and stability, or essentially the power needed to hit the golf ball an adequate distance. We know that the one major difference between men and [...]
Continuing on our Your Body Faults are Your Swing Faults series, we now move on to the exercise portion. These exercise components should be done every other day.
EXERCISES:
1. Swiss Ball Hip Extensions- to strengthen glutes and low back
1-2 sets of 8-10 reps
Lay on a ball, keeping shins vertical the entire time, lower but to [...]
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So you’ve spent enough money on shiny new clubs to purchase a small car! You regularly see your golf teaching pro. You practice one time a week and play most weekends, but, you’re still frustrated with your results!
Unfortunately, this is the common scenario for most golfers these days. The industry has drilled into your head [...]
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