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How To Improve Rotation While Protecting Your Lower Back

By Mike Boyle

Every golfer wants to improve rotation, but often they look to improve it in the wrong places. This article discusses why golfers should focus on rotation in the hips, thoracic spine and shoulders, and not the lumbar spine.

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The Seated Trunk Rotation Test

By Dr. Greg Rose

This a screen for thoracic spine rotational mobility.

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Why is Change so Difficult?

By Dave Phillips

In this article we discuss two areas of your body that could affect your golf swing.

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The Torso Rotation Test

By Greg Rose

Looking at disassociation between the upper and lower body - The Torso Rotation Test

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Solving the Middle Man

By Max Prokopy

Why the Thoracic Spine is So Important

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5 Exercises for Increasing Thoracic Spine Mobility in Your Golf Swing

By Dr. Ben Langdown and Jennifer Fleischer

Mobility in the thoracic spine is critical to achieving an efficient swing while protecting your lower back. Here's how you can improve.

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The Most Important Considerations for Treating Golfers With Lower Back Pain

By Dr. Greg Rose

Lower back pain is by far the most common ailment suffered by golfers, but the lower back is rarely the original cause of pain. It's often the victim, not the culprit.

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Is Your Golf Swing Putting Your Shoulder At Risk?

By Bobby Dattero

According to numerous research studies, the shoulder is one of the most oft-injured areas of the body for a golfer. As with many golf injuries, the site of the pain is often the victim of limitations in other areas of the body. TPI Certified trainer Bobby Dattero discusses how limitations in your hips and thoracic spine might be putting your shoulder at risk.

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Matching Up Thoracic Spine and Shoulders Blades in an Unstable Student

By Richard Woodhouse

TPI Certified instructor Richard Woodhouse discusses the relationship between posture in set up and the quality of movement in the swing.

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The Overhead Deep Squat Test

By Greg Rose

Through research here at the Titleist Performance Institute we have found several correlations between this test and the golf swing.

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Early Extension Swing Characteristic

By Dave Phillips

Early Extension is defined as any forward movement of the pelvis toward the ball during the backswing or the downswing.

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Tiger's Lap Pool might be his secret !!!!

By Dave Phillips

Does swimming hurt or help your golf swing.

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C-Posture

By Greg Rose

C-Posture is named for the excessive rounding of the upper back at set up (looks like the letter "c"). See why this posture is so prevelant in today's society and how to correct this in the gym.

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The Golfer's Guide to Lower Back Pain – Part 1

By Dr. Greg Rose

TPI Cofounder Dr. Greg Rose reviews how he uses the Body-Swing Connection™ when assessing lower back injuries in golfers.

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Eliminate the Sway

By Dr. Greg Rose

This article breaks down potential physical causes of Sway and Dr. Greg Rose's guideline for attacking this swing fault in the gym.

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Why Neck Mobility May Be Limiting Your Backswing

By Paul Gozbekian

When considering what might cause limitations in the backswing, neck mobility is commonly overlooked.

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5 Potential Causes of Lower Back Pain for Golfers (And What to Do About It)

By Jon Hodginkson

It’s no secret that lower back pain is a big problem in golf, but that doesn’t mean that injury and pain are inevitable. Here are a few things we can do to minimize that risk.

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Dr. Greg Rose on the "Stop Chasing Pain" Podcast

By TPI

Dr. Rose joins FMS / SFMA Certified chiropractic Perry Nickelston on the Stop Chasing Pain podcast to discuss the origins of TPI, FMS and SFMA. Additionally, Dr. Rose introduces the Functional Capacity Screen.

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Not All Yoga is Good for Golf But Proper Application Can Deliver Big Benefits

By Dana Santas

Yoga tends to be touted as the panacea for everything, but not all yoga is good for golfers. In fact, spending hours doing arbitrary yoga poses to increase your flexibility could actually impede your functional movement, power and control on the links. That isn’t to say that all yoga is bad for golfers…more like, not all yoga is created equal, and its effectiveness is dictated by the quality of its application to the movement and mental demands of the game.

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How Improving Your Hip Hinge Can Increase Your Distance

By Natalie Lowe

The hip hinge is one of the most important movements as a golfer and as an athlete. Here are key exercise progressions for improving the pattern.

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