Check out our August 2024 Newsletter, highlighting backpack and school ergonomics tips, physical therapy for swimmer's shoulder, and three golf elbow exercises.

Golfer’s elbow is an overuse injury that develops when the flexor tendons of the forearm become inflamed due to repetitive use of the forearm, hand, wrist, and elbow. Golfer’s elbow can affect golfers, baseball and softball players, those who work on computers all day, and manual laborers in construction, carpentry, or plumbing. Physical therapy offers timely and effective treatment for golfer’s elbow to reduce pain, restore function and strength to the elbow, forearm, and wrist, and address body mechanics to prevent recurrence of the condition.

Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby demonstrates the variety of ways we utilize the Golf Forever Swing Training Tool in our clinic to improve your golf swing. The golf swing is one of the most dynamic motions in sports, requiring coordinated loading and the generation of power and force throughout the kinetic chain. Physical therapy can help golfers improve their golf swing by enhancing agility and power for longer drives, improving mobility and flexibility in the hips and shoulders and dynamic balance, and enhancing core strength and neuromuscular control for a powerful, controlled, and accurate golf swing.

To improve your golf swing, it is essential to improve your thoracic mobility. Thoracic mobility refers to the rotational capacity of your thoracic spine which is comprised of 12 vertebrae in the mid-back that are specifically designed for rotation, flexion, and extension of the torso. Adequate motion in the thoracic spine helps to minimize compensatory motion in the golf swing, create a longer back swing, and generate power in the golf swing and clubhead speed. On the blog, Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Mike demonstrates exercises you can do to improve your thoracic mobility and golf swing.

Summer is peak season for both the amateur and professional golfer involving hours spent on the golf course. The golf swing is one of the most dynamic motions in sports, placing an immense amount of stress on the body. If the body is not properly prepared for the golf season, a golfer may engage in faulty swing mechanics, resulting in injury and lowered performance. A physical therapist can help you improve both the consistency and power of your golf swing and address any strength, balance, or biomechanical issues that are negatively impacting your golf swing.

Golfer’s elbow is an overuse injury that develops when the tendons on the inside of the forearm become inflamed and painful. It occurs due to repetitive use of the forearm, hand, wrist, and elbow, affecting golfers, baseball players, and tennis players. Physical therapy provides timely and effective treatment for golfer’s elbow to reduce pain, restore function and strength to the elbow, forearm, and wrist, and address body mechanics to prevent the condition from recurring. In today’s blog, Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist, Bobby, demonstrates exercises for golfer’s elbow to strengthen the wrist, forearm, and elbow.

Golf can place a great deal of stress on the body due to the explosiveness of the golf swing and can cause injury to the back, shoulder, wrist, elbow, and knee. Whether you want to prepare for your best summer golfing yet or address underlying pain issues that exhibit when golfing, physical therapy can help you heal from and prevent golf injuries. Golf injury physical therapy helps a golfer implement proper biomechanics and body movement to avoid injury, eliminate current pain, and improve the quality and consistency of the golf swing.