UNDERLYING
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
There
are a range of different problems which can affect a golf swing including
displaced hips, muscle weakness, muscle tightness, shoulder pain,
spinal problems, fallen arches in the feet, one leg shorter than the
other, hunchback and back pain, and existing or past injuries. These
can all affect your balance, centre of gravity and posture, as well
as restricting your movement, and directly affecting your golf swing.
The way
Get Fit to Golf diagnoses your physical faults is
through a series of online questionnaires that are part of the
self-assessment process consisting of simple tests that can be done
at home to build up your swing, muscle and posture profile. The data
is then analysed and a major swing fault and posture fault is determined
as well as muscle problems, current fitness level and any extra problems
found. From these results a personalised health and fitness program,
the ChiroFit Program, is devised that concentrates on
specific health problems and muscles groups that are too tight or
weak, that are causing the posture faults and thus producing a swing
fault.
In many
cases, a muscle on one side of the body is weaker than the same muscle
on the opposite side. The Chirofit Program advises specific
stretches and exercises to strengthen the weak side only to get both
sides of the body in balance. This is where Get Fit to Golf differs
from many golf fitness programs where both sides of the body are exercised,
keeping the imbalances intact. Other web sites and books give general
exercises to everybody, which will not correct and individuals specific
problem. Get Fit to Golf will discover what YOUR individual
problem areas are and design a fitness solution for YOU ONLY.
Get
Fit to Golf helps golfers become aware of underlying health
problems that they may not have been aware of or didn't know they
were contributing to a poor swing. Ultimately the Web site is designed
to help golfers play better golf, lower their score, to improve
their health and fitness and prevent injury.
For
more detailed information about biomechanics and your swing please
read on. The Biomechanics
section of the site is
all about how muscle and posture faults can cause swing faults.