This guide shows readers how to perform the same muscle strengthening and flexibiltiy exercises top golfers on the PGA and Senior PGA tours use to get in shape and stay on top of their game. All of the exercises are easy to learn and have been designed specifically for golfers by Centenela Hospital Medical Center - official hospital of the PGA Tour and Senior PGA tour. The book includes more than 70 photographs of professionals like Fred Couples, Gary Player, Payne Steward and Bernhard Langer demonstrating correct exercise technique. Featured are two easy-to-follow workout routines for stretching and strengthening, which golfers can either use as is or select individual exercises to design a programme that fits their specific needs. The exercises in this book can provide golfers with these benefits: greater flexibility and mobility in their swing; improved muscle endurance for better performance on the back nine; enhanced body tone and weight maintenance; a better conditioned body that is less prone to aches, pains and injuries; and an increased enjoyment of the game. The guide also contains a chapter of exercises to use on the first tee with instructions for proper warming-up before playing a round of golf. Plus, the book provides information on how to improve cardio-vascular endurance and tips for reducing golf-related injuries. Tear-out exercise reminder cards are also included, which summarize the exercises in each workout routine.
Frank Wilson Jobe, M.D., is a co-founder and president of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic and Medical Director of the Biomechanics Research Laboratory at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. He is the orthopaedic consultant for the Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Team and orthopaedic consultant to the PGA TOUR. In addition, he is Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Southern California, School of Medicine. He has authored over 100 medical articles and has given hundreds of lectures on orthopaedics and sports medicine.
Lewis A. Yocum, M.D., is also an orthopaedic consultant to the PGA TOUR, and associate medical director of Centinela Hospital's Biomechanics Laboratory. In addition, he is the orthopaedic consultant for the California Angels, physician to the Lewitzky Dance Company, and consultant to Centinela Hospital's Fitness Institute. Dr. Yocum is an orthopaedic and sports medicine specialist at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Inglewood, California. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthopaedics at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous articles and lectured extensively in his field.
Robert E. Mottram, PT, ATC, is a Registered Physical Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainer, and a clinical specialist in athletic rehabilitation. His background and expertise in golf span 15 years. He has been treating exercising professional golfers from the PGA TOUR, Senior PGA TOUR, and LPGA TOUR for seven years. He presently writes health and fitness articles for golf instructional magazines.
Marilyn M. Pink, MS, PT, is the director of the Biomechanics Research Laboratory at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. For eleven years, she has combined her backgrounds of Physical Therapy, Biomechanics and Biometry in order to understand, optimize and rehabilitate Olympic and professional athletes. She has published over 60 professional articles, has won numerous research awards and has lectured internationally.
