Senior Golfer 2 - Closer for less back pain (Video) - by Pete Styles
Senior Golfer 2 - Closer for less back pain (Video) - by Pete Styles

Another area that we really see with golfers of a certain age or certain flexibility levels is how they achieve the right posture to the golf ball. You know, we're use to seeing the guys on the European tour and maybe the guys sort of like myself giving instruction, giving perfect posture positions and how you hold this sort of position. But if you ever golf a certain age, maybe that's not quite attainable.

So I'm going to bring David back in again. So if you can address the golf ball for me here, David. We've got a 7-9 as he address the golf ball down the line here, taking the right stance and then just dropping the golf club down onto the left side. Now, we talked about this sort of dropping down to the left thigh position is a great way of measuring how far back from the golf ball you are.

Now, when David drops that down, it's about three inches above his knee. Now, for a lot of times, I would say that's too far away -- oh, sorry, too close. My mistake. It's too close and it's too high up on his leg. Well, actually, for a golfer of David's age and flexibility, that's quite a good position.

Teach me how to make your normal grip now for me, David. Just try and stick the hips back and keep the back nice and tall as straight as you can. That's quite a good posture position for a gentleman of -- for a gentleman of David's age, and a good distance away with the hands and the arms there.

Now, if you can back up a little bit for me and drop back down so that it lands an inch above your left knee. So I'll encourage you to be further and further back, and a little bit further back still. Now, for a younger golf, this might be a more preferred position, a little bit further away from the golf, pulls a swing a little bit more athletically and drive the legs of it better. But as golfers of certain age might struggle with achieving grip hold of that now. Might appear that David's a little bit too steep over here, a little bit too much bent over. And that could cause problems in the lower back particularly.

So, if you struggle with lower back pain and you feel like you're rolling your shoulders a bit more -- shuffle yourself a bit closer again there for me, David -- get to a position where the club drops down that'd be three inches above the top of your left knee cap, and that might actually help improve your back position, stop you out and your shoulders too and able you to make a free and more easy swing.

Go ahead and try that one next time you're at the range.

 2012-09-18

Another area that we really see with golfers of a certain age or certain flexibility levels is how they achieve the right posture to the golf ball. You know, we're use to seeing the guys on the European tour and maybe the guys sort of like myself giving instruction, giving perfect posture positions and how you hold this sort of position. But if you ever golf a certain age, maybe that's not quite attainable.

So I'm going to bring David back in again. So if you can address the golf ball for me here, David. We've got a 7-9 as he address the golf ball down the line here, taking the right stance and then just dropping the golf club down onto the left side. Now, we talked about this sort of dropping down to the left thigh position is a great way of measuring how far back from the golf ball you are.

Now, when David drops that down, it's about three inches above his knee. Now, for a lot of times, I would say that's too far away — oh, sorry, too close. My mistake. It's too close and it's too high up on his leg. Well, actually, for a golfer of David's age and flexibility, that's quite a good position.

Teach me how to make your normal grip now for me, David. Just try and stick the hips back and keep the back nice and tall as straight as you can. That's quite a good posture position for a gentleman of — for a gentleman of David's age, and a good distance away with the hands and the arms there.

Now, if you can back up a little bit for me and drop back down so that it lands an inch above your left knee. So I'll encourage you to be further and further back, and a little bit further back still. Now, for a younger golf, this might be a more preferred position, a little bit further away from the golf, pulls a swing a little bit more athletically and drive the legs of it better. But as golfers of certain age might struggle with achieving grip hold of that now. Might appear that David's a little bit too steep over here, a little bit too much bent over. And that could cause problems in the lower back particularly.

So, if you struggle with lower back pain and you feel like you're rolling your shoulders a bit more — shuffle yourself a bit closer again there for me, David — get to a position where the club drops down that'd be three inches above the top of your left knee cap, and that might actually help improve your back position, stop you out and your shoulders too and able you to make a free and more easy swing.

Go ahead and try that one next time you're at the range.