♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ The two most famous ♪
♪ Physical therapists ♪
♪ On the internet ♪
- Howdy folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- And together we are the most famous
physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today we're gonna actually,
I know this isn't golf channel Brad-
- No.
- But I'm going to show two simple exercises
to help your golf swing.
I'm a golfer.
- Right.
- And I like these two exercises,
I thought, you know, it's physical, it's therapy,
here we go.
- And I think if you're not a golfer like me,
and you are gonna get into it someday, it'll be a good.
- Right.
- Training.
- Good introduction.
- And actually, it's just good range of motion
for that trunk and everything, so-
- It is, it's good thoracic range of motion-
- There ya go.
- So-
- What about this, Bob?
- We're doing a giveaway this week,
and we're doing the Eye Massager.
- Look at that.
You put this on, it heats up,
it gives you compression, it gives a massage,
add a little bit of relaxing music,
and it is a wonderful little tool.
- And a study has shown that it's really good for dry eye.
- Yeah, absolutely, so, I don't have dry eye,
but I used it, I fell asleep.
- Did you really?
- Yeah, I was very relaxed.
I mean, I did, I thought it was kind of like silly,
but until I tried it, so it's a nice little deal.
- You need a little machine to slap you and wake you up.
- Well, no, my wife does that.
- She does it all, okay.
Alright, so very simple.
You're going to need a dowel or a pole,
or something that's about-
- Could you use a golf club?
- You could use a golf club,
but you don't want to pull on it too hard,
you could bend the golf club.
But you could use a golf club.
- Those don't bend, I thought they were tougher-
- Oh, like a driver?
- Really?
- I mean, if you really-
- Well I know I could, but, so, I could bend it.
- Yeah, I know you could.
All right.
So we're going to say the Booya Stick,
because it's very nice and smooth,
very comfortable on your shoulders, and you won't break it.
We're going to increase spinal mobility,
especially thoracic rotation,
that's where you want motion,
and we're also going to maintain spine angle.
Brad is not a golfer,
but this is what I mean.
I'm leaning forward,
my shoulders are a little bit in front of my feet,
if I run a, what's it called?
- Plum, Bob?
- Plum line, it's a little in front of my feet,
so I'm keeping the back straight, right?
- Is your back straight?
We'll put the Booya Stick, there we go,
it looks good, excellent.
- So then I'm going to put this up
on my shoulders,
and this is where I'm going to work on thoracic mobility.
So I'm turning my shoulder like this,
and I can see, it's funny,
I can see that I'm tighter to the left.
- And just so the feet are shoulder width apart,
and your heels stay planted to the ground.
- Yeah, for this exercise.
- Okay, okay.
- Now in real life, you'd probably go like this.
- In a golf swing, you do have some movement,
but not for this.
- Right, you are shifting your feet
when you're doing this.
I'm shifting to the right, I'm shifting to the left.
- And it's okay to move the hips?
- Right, the hips should move with your turn.
- Now I like this from a therapist point of view,
because this locks your shoulder blades
and your back in a really good posture,
and it keeps that there.
And I'm assuming that's what the desire,
or the goal is when you swing a golf club.
- Right, and the other thing is,
you don't want to, like, it would go down like this,
and then come up?
You don't want to lift up like this.
You want to maintain that spine angle the entire time.
That's the key because a lot of people
are getting that habit,
and when they're swinging the club,
they go like this, and move up.
The other thing they do,
is they'll shift their weight
and they'll actually shift their whole body over.
So you're working on keeping your body still,
maintain that straight, upright posture,
and you know, you got to do this
in front of a mirror, Brad.
- Yeah, that's what I was thinking, a mirror,
or you have someone holler at you,
I mean, talk to you and give you some feedback.
- Holler at you.
- This is a really good idea for golfers
up here in the North, when it's 18 below zero,
and you want to maintain some motion.
- You're feeling the bug and you, you know,
you can't swing your club in the house.
I've hit the ceiling many times.
So the other one is actually a little variation of this.
You're actually gonna cross your arms
over your chest like this.
Just gives a little bit different feedback,
and again, work on, you're trying to get that mobility
in the thoracic area and open up the chest.
- Right? It's important that you breathe
and relax with this, Bob.
- Yes it, well, when you're golfing, you're not relaxing.
And the problem is,
you're thinking about 25 different things to swing.
- Aren't you just thinking about hitting the ball?
(Bob scoffs)
- I wish it was that simple Brad.
So very, that's it, very simple.
I know this isn't for you non-golfers out there,
but it actually isn't the worst thing to do.
- No, it definitely loosens up that upper back,
and it's a good stretch.
- Right, all right. Thanks for watching.
- Good luck with the golf game.