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09/11/2026

Having trouble shallowing the club? The answer might not be more wrist, shoulder, or back mobility. As discussed in my previous videos, sometimes the bigger issue is stability through your lead leg. ⛳️

If you can load into that lead side, transfer your weight, and drive through the ground, you give your body the ability to rotate — and the hands can naturally fall into a better position without forcing them there.

That’s why my approach starts with **stability before mobility.**

Core stability → Foot loading → Shoulders & hips → Then expand mobility.

If you’ve lost 10–15 yards over the past few years, your swing feels inconsistent, or changes from your lessons never seem to stick, this is where I’d start.

Questions? Drop them in the comments. 👇

09/10/2026

Traditional Healthcare gets you back to baseline.

That is not what we believe in. We believe you should be stronger, more capable, and understand your body better after our program.

When you can take care of yourself, you become very dangerous as a human.

You have to take care of your body, we are here to help you learn how to do it.

09/10/2026

Failed the Adductor Drop Test from my last post? Here’s what to work on next. ⛳️

The goal is to help your body access the internal rotation and adduction needed to get into your lead hip, transfer your weight, and rotate through impact.

Start seated and gently press your feet into the floor, then pull back until you feel your hamstrings working.

From there:

👉 Shift your right knee forward and pull your left knee back
👉 Slightly reach your right arm forward
👉 Look for tension in the left abs, left inner thigh, and left hamstring
👉 Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth
👉 Take 5 breaths, relax, and repeat for 3 rounds

Then retest your Adductor Drop Test.

If your movement improves, you’re heading in the right direction. If it doesn’t, there may be another limitation keeping you from accessing that lead hip.

Improve the movement. Retest. Then take it back to your swing.

09/09/2026

Can your body actually get into your lead side? ⛳️

Assessment #2 : The Adductor Drop Test

This is one of my favorite assessments for golfers because it gives us insight into your body's hip adduction and internal rotation — two important pieces of loading into the lead side.

Lying on your side, bring the top leg up and back, then slowly lower it toward the floor.

As you lower, pay attention:

👉 Can you reach the floor without your pelvis shifting?
👉 Can you maintain your ab and torso position?
👉 Do you feel your TFL taking over?
👉 Does your back start to arch?

It’s a simple test, but it tells us a lot about your ability to access that lead hip.

If your body can’t get there during an assessment, trying to manufacture that position at full speed in your golf swing is going to be a challenge.

09/08/2026

Can you actually load and control your lead leg in the golf swing? ⛳️

Assessment #1 : Single-Leg Balance + Lower

Stand on your lead leg, get balanced, then slowly lower yourself about 6 inches.

Pay attention to what happens:

👉 Do your hips shift to one side?
👉 Do you have to come up onto your toes?
👉 Do you fall backward or lose your balance?
👉 Do you feel the entire leg working?
👉 Can you control the movement smoothly?

If you struggle here, you may not have the stability needed to properly load and post through that lead leg during your swing.

Assess the movement first. Then work on the swing.

09/07/2026

Struggling to shallow the club? The problem might not be the club at all. ⛳️

For a lot of golfers, how you transfer your weight has more impact on shallowing than consciously trying to manipulate the shaft.

If you stay loaded on your trail foot, your body has limited options. You end up forcing the club into position with your hands, shoulders, or spine — movements that can be difficult to repeat consistently.

But when you properly transfer into the lead side, post through the lead leg, and use that force to rotate, the hands can naturally start falling into a better position.

The problem? Many golfers lack the hip mobility and stability needed to actually use that lead side. So instead of rotating, they slide. Then the compensations start.

09/06/2026

Everyone wants to shallow the club and hit that perfect little draw… but there’s more than one way to get there. ⛳️

When we talk about shallowing the club, there are 3 different ways your body can create it:

1️⃣ **Hands** — allowing the hands and club to drop back
2️⃣ **Shoulders** — using shoulder movement to change the club position
3️⃣ **Spine** — using movement through the spine to bring the club under the plane

The important part? Understanding which movement your body can actually produce and control.

And remember — you might not even need that perfect draw. If your natural swing produces a slight cut and you’re consistently finding the center of the clubface, that may be the better swing for you.

09/05/2026

You book a lesson. Your coach gives you a new cue or drill. Your game improves for a few weeks — then suddenly you’re right back where you started.

By the end of the season, you’ve taken 4–6 lessons and collected 6 different drills, 6 different cues, and 6 different swing thoughts… but your handicap hasn’t moved.

Your coach knows where the club needs to be. But if your body can’t physically move in a way that supports that position, you’ll find another way to get there — through compensation.

And eventually, that compensation creates another swing flaw. If you want swing changes to actually stick, you have to understand what your body is capable of first. That's what I do here at Kalamazoo Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. I help figure out what is going on in the body and why these lessons just don't stick.

Stop collecting swing fixes. Start addressing why they don’t stick.

09/04/2026

Feel like you’re stuck in the same golf lesson cycle? 🔄⛳️

You’re playing well. Your handicap starts trending down. Then suddenly, everything falls apart.

So you book another lesson, get a new cue or drill, and your game rebounds… for a few weeks.

Then it happens all over again.

A lot of golfers trying to fix an over-the-top swing and create an in-to-out path immediately start working on shallowing the club. But if your body can’t physically support the movement you’re trying to create, that new swing feel may never stick.

You can keep chasing new drills, tips, and swing thoughts — or you can start figuring out why your body keeps pulling you back into the same patterns.

Stop chasing temporary fixes. Start addressing what’s actually holding your swing back.

09/03/2026

You’ve taken more golf lessons than ever… so why is your handicap still going up? ⛳️

Your swing feels inconsistent. You never know which version of your game is going to show up that day.

You’ve worked on club path, angle of attack, and getting the club more in-to-out — but you might be overlooking the thing that actually controls all of it:

**Your body.**

Your body controls how the club moves through the swing. If you don’t have the mobility, stability, or movement capacity to get into the positions you’re being coached into, those swing changes are going to be difficult to make — and even harder to repeat.

Sometimes the answer isn’t another swing thought. It’s figuring out what your body is actually capable of doing.

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