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Golf Strengthening and Flexibility


We can help you drop strokes off your handicap and hit the ball longer and straighter! The secret is in your muscles no matter what your age or handicap is.

With recent rulings that limit technological advancement in golf equipment we have seen driving distance level out. The Tour Pros are now looking to maximize performance by improving their physical strength and fitness levels. Today, Tour Professional Golfers are training more like track and field athletes than the golfers of old who spent limitless hours at the driving range. There is more to this than meets the eye. In recent years the driving distance of Tour Pros leveled out, according to statistics kept by www.pgatour.com/stats from 1980 to date, the average driving distance of Tour Pros has been increasing steadily over the years until now.
PWC specializes in helping golfers achieve their physical best to get the most out of their equipment. It's the club that hits the ball but it's the golfer that swings the club. Without a golfer, the club and ball are useless. Golf is a game that requires consistency of movement and physical endurance. Physical endurance facilitates consistency even after walking 4 miles on a 86ºF day. You need to be performing at your very best with every shot as the competition is fiercely competitive and a 2% error in a round can mean the difference between playing for money and packing your bags. Club golfers more commonly look to reduce their inconsistencies or swing flaws that are generally due to poor flexibility, endurance and or strength. PWC measures the "Golf Fitness" of all golfers, from Tour Pros to Competition Amateurs to Club Golfers to the Weekend Warrior. If it is good enough for a Tour Pro then it should be good enough for a Weekend Warrior.

Golf Performance Screening
RPFitness works with nationally renown Golf Galaxy to identifying red flags in a golfer’s swing that could be limiting the ability to swing a club properly.  This is accomplished with a Ball Launch Monitor.  A BLM is a state-of-the-art machine that uses high-speed photography that records your shot just after impact to analyze distance-determining variable: spin rate, launch angle and ball speed. 
Click here to learn more about Golf Galaxy's Ball Launch Monitor System.

RPFitness Golf Performance Fitness Screen
• A Discussion about your golfing level, ability and goals
• Discussion about any specific physical problems you may have
• A physical examination by one of our expert clinicians
• Spinal strength and flexibility assessment using our MedX equipment
• A personalized program of golf specific exercises for your level and ability
• Our clinicians will liaise with your Golf Coach / Pro

RPFitness Golf Fitness Screen will achieve the best out of your body so your Golf Pro can get the best out of your swing

Golf Specific Injury Diagnosis and Treatment
RPFitness Golf Performance specializes in improving golfing performance and in the treatment of golf related injuries. Our expert therapists use research proven, evidence based treatment techniques to recover faster from injury.

Torso Rotation & Lumbar Strength and Flexibility
Torso rotation & low back strength and flexibility is a very important component of your golf swing. Our Torso Rotation and Lumbar Equipment isolates these parameters. Our equipment can measure your strength and flexibility. These measurements are essential as a benchmark of progression. It shows improvement in the athlete's performance when they are rehabilitating after injury or showing improvement when the athlete is well and is looking to gain condition in torso & lumbar flexibility and strength.

A study reported in Fitness Management (December 1997), shows the improvement recreational golfers can expect from both MedX flexibility exercises and MedX-style circuit strength training.
Wayne Wescott, PhD and John R. Parziale, MD
 

 

Strengthening and Flexibility

Strengthening
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Flexibility
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Club Head Speed

+ 20 mph

+ 3.0 mph

+ 5.4 mph

Shoulder Abduction

+ 11.9 deg.

+ 1.0 deg.

+ 13.5 deg.

Hip Flexion

+ 16.3 deg.

+ 2.8 deg.

+ 15.0 deg.

Hip Extension

+ 8.0 deg.

+ 3.4 deg.

+ 5.0 deg.

Click here for our MEDX Golfrack RPF
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