At Holland Therapy, we believe a specific body limitation contributes to every golf swing flaw and injury and in order to improve you golf swing and experience a powerful golf game, you need to achieve a healthy, balanced and flexible body.
A healthy spine and hip rotation are crucial to a healthy golf swing. Golf is a rotational game and if a golfer's body is unable to rotate, compensatory movements will occur, causing all kinds of golf swing flaws, sports injuries, and discomfort. Physical therapy can help relieve and prevent skeletal and muscular dysfunction, as well as introducing pain management with treatments that may include manual therapies, therapeutic exercise, patient education, home exercise programs and modalities when appropriate.
A therapy program begins with a comprehensive evaluation aimed at developing a plan of care that will promote your mobility and flexibility, reduce pain, restore loss of function, and prevent future injuries. This golf-specific, “hands on” approach to physical therapy care is always focused on getting you back to your full athletic potential as soon as possible. Each course of action is custom designed to meet the goals, needs and physical capabilities of each individual.
A additional therapy that can be added to traditional physical therapy approaches is BodyTalk. Originally developed by Australian doctor John Veltheim, BodyTalk has been assisting many professional athletes with all aspects of their games.
BodyTalk works on the premise that the body works as a symphony. Much like the parts of the body, if any instruments of a symphony are “out of tune,” or under communicating, performance is compromised, and all you are left with is noise. All of the systems and parts of the body need to be synchronized and communicating efficiently to perform well and be at optimum health.
Many PGA and LPGA golfers, including Annika Sorenestam, Trevor Immelman and Retief Goosen, have used the Body Talk system to help them improve their games, recovery and focus. Combined with traditional physical therapy approaches, BodyTalk has worked in concert to assist many athletes and golfers with improved performance and overall athletic health.
Contact Willem Klokman, LPT, CBP,
Licensed Physical Therapist and Certified BodyTalk Practitioner — and start improving your health and your game!
Call today at 910.794.2900 or visit
www.hollandtherapy.net for more information.
BodyTalk is a simple yet powerful way to communicate directly with our bodies, finding out what really lies at the core of our physical or emotional symptoms. Combining modern science with traditional healing methods, BodyTalk gently encourages our systems to reveal what needs to be addressed. Really big changes can be made without having to relive the past or make huge efforts, simply by asking the body what is going on right now. By tapping into the innate healing wisdom within each of us, BodyTalk stimulates recovery, balance and good health on all levels. So, discover your body’s wisdom!
