PHYSIO-BALL: Swan Dive Preparation

The muscles along the spinal column are referred to as back/spinal extensors. When engaged they stack the vertebrae into good spinal alignment. These paraspinals must be conditioned for endurance so that they have the ability to hold the spine in good alignment all the hours we are awake! When an individual is hyperkyphotic the upper back spinal extensors are long and weak and cannot hold the spine erect for more than a moment. Unfortunately, many golfers possess this condition and are unable to assume good address posture even on the first tee, let alone the eighteenth! Obviously, correcting this lack of muscular endurance would greatly improve the golfer’s performance.