Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Ebook Continuing Education

Introduction to Golf Rehabilitation and Performance: 90 Percent Mental, 90 Percent Physical: Summary 39

• Actions

○ Right shoulder IR/adduction ○ Cervical rotation right ASSESSMENT Subjective Exam • What is your handicap/index? • How often do you play? Where do you play? • What is your miss? • Where do you feel like you can improve most? • What are you looking to accomplish regarding golf? • Consider the patient/client in front of you: ○ What do they want? ○ What do they need to achieve what they want? Objective Exam: Strength and Range of Motion • Foot/Knee ○ Fore foot inversion/eversion ○ Midfoot inversion/eversion ○ Subtalar inversion/eversion ○ Talocrural glides ○ Distal/proximal tibia/fibula anterior/ posterior, posterior/anterior glides ○ Tibial IR/ER • Hip ○ Flexion ○ ER ○ IR ○ Add/IR/extension (Ober’s) ○ Abduction raise • Shoulder (Thorax) ○ Shoulder ER @ 0 degrees (upper posterior ribs) ○ Shoulder ER @ 90 degrees (lower posterior ribs) ○ Shoulder horizontal abduction (upper posterior ribs) ○ Shoulder IR @ 90 degrees (lower anterior ribs) ○ Shoulder horizontal adduction (upper anterior ribs) ○ Shoulder flexion (upper anterior and posterior ribs)

○ Flexion ○ Extension ○ Abduction ○ Adduction

○ Internal rotation (IR) ○ External rotation (ER) ○ Horizontal abduction ○ Horizontal adduction

Cervical Spine • Actions ○ Flexion ○ Extension

○ Sidebend (Left/Right) ○ Rotation (Left/Right)

MECHANICS • Orientation of a joint: Refers to movement of the joint in space • Motion of a joint: Refers to movement of the bones relative to one another ○ Real motion: Bone position and bone movement ○ Relative motion: Joint position and joint movement Golf Swing Mechanics • Backswing ○ Right posterior rib expansion ○ Left anterior rib expansion ○ Right shoulder ER/horizontal abduction ○ Left shoulder IR/adduction ○ Cervical rotation left • Downswing/follow-through ○ Left hip IR/adduction/extension ○ Right hip ER/abduction/flexion ○ Left thoracic rotation ○ Left posterior rib expansion ○ Right anterior rib expansion ○ Left shoulder ER/horizontal abduction ○ Right subtalar eversion ○ Left subtalar inversion ○ Right hip IR/adduction/extension ○ Left hip ER/abduction/flexion ○ Right thoracic rotation ○ Left subtalar eversion ○ Right subtalar inversion

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