Tuesday, August 4, 2009

One Armed Man and Reversed Spine Angle

Out on the course on Sunday, My father and I were playing with a gentleman who loves golf so much that he played for a significant amount of time without the use of one of his arms. He was so trained to play that way he still just uses one arm to putt.
Watching this man play was like amazing. His body was mobile and stabile. It was the almost the picture perfect swing. The only swing fault he consistently had was reverse spine angle. He was so flexible and so used to using one are with his full swing he contorted his body to create power. As you can imagine one would have to do playing with one arm.
So to make a long story short reverse spine angle typically can create a myriad of issues with power, accuracy, and efficient...let alone the added stress to the spine. "A Reverse Spine Angle is defined as any excessive upper body backward bend or excessive left lateral upper body bend during the backswing." (mytpi.com) According to TPI it is the number one cause of back pain in the golfer.
In order to correct this through fitness the golfer must gain strength with in his core and trunk as well as create proper biomechinaillcay mobile swing.
This is done with Exercises such as
  1. Chops
  2. Lifts
  3. Pelvic Tilts
  4. Planks
  5. Reverse Crunches
  6. Dead Bugs
  7. Golf Professional drills (talk to your local golf pro)

As your body begin to work in the proper pattern for the golf swing, distance, accuracy, and consistency will improve.

As for the one armed golfer...keep playing my friend and we will play soon!

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