Peak Performance for Your Golf Game!
Can you hear the faint but unmistakable calling of your golf clubs from the closet? Are your dreams turning to long, straight drives on a sun-laden fairway? Spring is just around the corner, and many die-hard golfers are itching at their tees to get out on the course this season.
Strolling through a local golf store recently, I realized how many equipment choices are on the market. Hybrid clubs, drivers, putters and wedges galore! The amount of innovative equipment in the sport of golf is staggering; each with a promise of longer, straighter drives, improved ball control or swing perfection. Asked what would be the most important tool for improving their handicaps, five golfers gave five different answers.
One commonality to each response from these golfers was the importance of practicing as much as possible, either on the range, in the backyard or out on the course.
Achieving proper form, function, muscle strength, muscle length, rotational control, timing and muscle memory are all component parts of improving your game. But what do you do to increase your focus and concentration? How can achieving
nervous system balance create more focus and concentration? For most people, the answers to these questions are merely raised eyebrows and uncertain silence. However, your nervous system is really the most important tool you possess for improving your golf game!
Let's break it down. Your brain is in constant, instantaneous communication with your physical body and your body is in constant, instantaneous communication with your brain. Each physical action requires signals from the brain to occur, permission if you will, and each physical motion and sensation report information back to the brain. This constant two lane highway of communication occurs every second of your life, with more bits of data being transferred back and forth simultaneously than any computer conceivable. We all recognize this fact, but very few people actually learn to apply this information in a beneficial manner.
When an imbalance exists between the neurological (brain) and physiological (body) systems, overall performance suffers. Let me give you an example: You are on the range warming up before a local tournament with your pals. Your swing is smooth and full. Your timing is just right. You feel great. And then, you step up to the first tee box. People are watching. There is a buzz of excitement in the air. The guy in front of you hit a perfect shot. You approach the ball and tell yourself, "Keep your eye on the ball. Swing easy!" You then proceed to take your backswing, elevate your shoulders, open the club face and mis-hit the ball. Your physical memory of the swinging motion didn't change, but your ability to access that long practiced muscle pattern did! Sound familiar?
This scenario is a perfect example of how the nervous system can become unbalanced, and then disturb the physiological memory of movement resulting in poor performance.
What can you do to balance your nervous system and optimize your physical performance?
Through a new understanding of the communications between your body and your brain (and vice versa), techniques have been developed that quickly achieve a neurological and physiological balance. These techniques are very passive, very quick and highly effective for most folks!
With proper training, you can learn to implement balancing techniques on a daily basis and begin to live your life with less nervous system reactivity to stress, anxiety, pain, and poorly hit golf balls!
This unique, highly effective approach toward wellness and performance is only available from an elite group of healthcare practitioners in the United States.
At Musgrave Wellness and Performance, we strive to achieve optimal physical performance by first addressing your most powerful tool:
your own nervous system. Call to schedule your appointment today, and begin the journey to optimizing your health and enjoying peak performance on the golf course!
Scott Musgrave, MSPT
Physical Therapist, Advanced PRRT Practitioner
Musgrave Wellness and Performance
Play at Your Peak - Live Without Limitation
8340 South Sangre De Cristo Road
Littleton, CO 80127
scott@reflexercise.us
303.932.1101