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Oct 06
2016

Flexibility may be the single most important factor in making a successful golfer.  If you want to achieve your ideal swing, you need to improve the mobility of those stiff shoulders, tight hips and stubborn hamstrings.  Lack of flexibility can limit your distance off the tee.  Flexibility allows for a full range of motion allowing you to reach your maximum potential in strength.  The benefits of golf stretches are many, some of them including:

• It loosens up your muscles through stretching to improve accuracy, increase confidence and the ability to swing faster and harder
• An increased range of motion to make it easier to move in your swing
• Prevents injuries like rotator cuff tendinitis and knee tendinitis

Try these 4 golf stretches to ensure you’re on top of your golf game the next time you hit the course.

Before you being your golf stretches, make sure you warm up with five to 10 minutes of light activity, such as walking around the practice tee.  And always keep in mind:

• Always do your golf stretches gently
• Don’t bounce
• If you feel pain, stop. You’ve stretched too far

Shoulder & Chest Stretch

You can do this golf stretch while standing or kneeling.  Clasp your hands behind your back and straighten arms.  Raise your hands as high as possible and bend forward from the waist and hold.  

Triceps Stretch

Place one hand behind back with elbow in air. Place your other hand on elbow and gently pull towards head.  Hold and repeat with other arm.  

IF YOU’VE BEEN INJURED ON THE GOLF COURSE OR WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR GOLF SWING, SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ABOVE & BEYOND PHYSICAL THERAPY TODAY!

Hamstring Stretch

Lie flat on your back with your legs extended.  Raise one leg and grasp your thigh with both hands.  While keeping the other knee extended and your other leg flat. Hold the stretch and relax.  Exhale while you slowly release the stretch and repeat with the other leg.  

Forearm/Wrist Stretch

Stand with your right arm extended straight out.  Pull back your fingers with the other hand until you feel a stretch in your forearm.  Hold, repeat and then repeat two stretches on your other arm.  

Now you have some tools to hit the course with confidence.  If you have suffered from a painful golf swing or desire a more powerful drive, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ABOVE & BEYOND PHYSICAL THERAPY for tips and exercises to improve your strength and flexibility to see results in your golf game and health.