It's Not Your Swing. It's Your Spine.

Most golfers who lose distance or consistency assume it's a swing flaw and go back to the pro for another lesson. A golf pro can see what your swing is doing — they can't see why your body won't let you do it. The two most common physical limitations we find in golfers: restricted thoracic (mid-back) rotation and restricted hip internal rotation. When either is locked up, your body compensates by loading the low back instead of the hips and spine — which is exactly what causes that nagging ache after 18 holes, and what's costing you clubhead speed.

Cold. Loose. Primed.

Static stretching before you play does the opposite of what you think — it relaxes the muscle right when you need it switched on. A dynamic warmup does the reverse: it activates the exact muscles your swing depends on, so they're already firing on your first tee shot instead of waking up on it.

30-second self-test: Sit in a chair, cross your arms over your chest, rotate as far as you can to each side. If one side is visibly tighter than the other, that's a real restriction — not a swing flaw.

Two drills for the actual limitations:

1. Seated thoracic rotation — arms crossed, rotate slow and controlled each direction, 8 reps per side. Targets the mid-back rotation your backswing depends on.

2. 90/90 hip switch — seated on the floor, both knees bent 90°, rotate hips side to side keeping chest tall, 8 reps per side. Targets the hip internal rotation that keeps your downswing from dumping into your low back.

Feel a big difference side to side? That's worth a conversation with us before it costs you more strokes — or more soreness.