Golf is Hard, Force is Easy
- , by Marko Dombi
- 2 min reading time
"Whether it’s a golfer dealing with low back pain or one wanting to add 10 yardsof driving distance, the Easy Force digital dynamometer and Easy Angle digitalgoniometer enable me to conveniently get accurate measurements of the foundational golf movements from the neck to the foot. Both of these devices are truly game changers for my practice. I can use the Easy Force with a stable base in my clinic, or I can easily attach it to a golf cart when doing an evaluation on the golf course."
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Written by The Upper Hand LLC
In the last 20 years, golf has become one of the most data driven sports on the
planet. Thanks to technology, numbers associated with distance, spin rate, and swing speed are familiar terms for youth golfers to professionals. If you tell a professional golfer that you can watch him and tell him his swing speed within 20% accuracy, he is probably going to stick with his device that gives him all of his numbers to the nearest decimal. Similarly, as a physical therapist, I cannot rely on outdated manual muscle testing for the movements needed to perform a golf swing. If a golfer comes for assessment and tells me he averages 280 yards off the tee, I don’t have the upper body strength to accurately measure his hip strength using my hands.
Whether it’s a golfer dealing with low back pain or one wanting to add 10 yards of driving distance, the Easy Force digital dynamometer and Easy Angle digital goniometer enable me to conveniently get accurate measurements of the foundational golf movements from the neck to the foot. Both of these devices are truly game changers for my practice. I can use the Easy Force with a stable base in my clinic, or I can easily attach it to a golf cart when doing an evaluation on the golf course. The Easy Angle enables quick and accurate measurements of spine, hip, and shoulder range of motion in all three planes to easily identify why the patient may be shortening their swing and leaving shots short of the green. My golfers can then confidently see how an objective increase in hip external rotation strength or thoracic spine rotation range of motion leads to longer drives and pain free rounds of 18 holes.
If you are a movement specialist working with rotational athletes such as golf,
tennis, baseball, or even pickleball, I would highly recommend adding Easy Force and Easy Angle to your evaluation tool bag. Your golf athletes will gladly welcome more objective numbers that can improve their game, and all of your athletes will appreciate you and respect you more as a clinician.
