Dr. Jim Gilliard
4631 Palladium Way, Unit 6 L7M 0W9 Burlington, ON, Canada

Mobility is just one way that you can challenge your body to perform better for you on the golf course. Developing power and more coordination between body parts is another way to use your body to improve your golf game. Improving coordination of body parts helps transfer energy from the ground and body to the clubhead and ball and you can do this more efficiently if you have the right muscles active during the golf swing. Specifically, getting the hips and core contracting... to create stability in the body while the arms and shoulders make a dynamic move is a key for efficient energy transmission. Similarly, to create more energy that eventually gets transferred to the ball, many of the world’s best golfers use the effective strategy of pushing through the ground, in turn creating more power and distance in the golf swing. They do this by engaging more of the muscles used for jumping (even if you don’t this in an obvious manner during the swing a la Happy Gilmore). With all that said, try these exercise moves for promoting power and better body coordination in golf that many people are missing out on. - Anti-rotation Chop - Anti-Rotation Pallof Press - Squat Jump More details at the blog: http://drjimgilliard.com//golf-early-season-power-exercise/ #chiropractic #golfseason #golfmobility #golfexercise #dynamicstability #drjimgilliard #burlingtonchiro

Golf season is back! And that means, like everybody else, you have already resolved to make this your best season ever. But how will you achieve that goal? Grip changes? Foot positioning? Postural adjustments? Have you considered looking at your body? Most of our movement, including a golf swing, is largely determined by what our body is able to do for us. But that doesn’t mean you are forever limited by how your body moves TODAY. You can make changes to flexibility, strengt...h, and motor control that will all show up in how your move during the golf swing. Even small changes can make big differences in some cases ten degrees more range of motion at the shoulder can translate to a longer shot for many people. Try these three mobility drills that you can do at home to improve your body’s ability to move and create potential energy that gets converted to power through the golf ball. - Mid-back (T-spine) Rotation - Hip Mobility 90/90 - Shoulder Flexion More details at the blog. http://drjimgilliard.com//05/20/golf-early-season-mobility/ #chiropractic #golfseason #golfmobility #golfexercise #dynamicstability #drjimgilliard #burlingtonchiro

Developing strength and resiliency with exercises to compliment mobility at the hips is really important for making sure you have better long term outcomes for hip pain and other issues. If you haven’t seen the post for improving mobility at the hips, take a minute to go back and review that now. To build strength and resiliency on top of mobility, here are a few exercises selected to engage muscles important for addressing painful hips: 3A - Bodyweight Squats... 3B - Banded Sidesteps 3C - Sliding Adductions 3D - Glute Bridges 3E - Clamshells 3F - Walking Lunges More details at the blog. http://drjimgilliard.com//hip-pain-strength-and-resiliency #chiropractic #hippain #femoroacetabular #hipmobility #dynamicstability #drjimgilliard #burlingtonchiro

Mobility at the hip requires both tissue flexibility and control of movement at the joint. Here is an example of a short and easy-to-complete mobility routine for the hip that addresses structures around the hip that are important for building flexibility and mobility at the joint. You can work through a routine like this every day to open up better hip mobility and relieve strain on other joints in the body (especially the back and core). Here are six activities designed ...to improve mobility at the hip through stretches and intentional movements. 2A - Quadriceps Stretch 2B - Hamstring Stretch 2C - Iliopsoas (Hip Flexor) Stretch 2D - Figure-4 (Gluteal) Stretch 2E - 90/90 Hip Mobility Drill 2F1/2F2 - Active Hip Circles Find more hip details for these activities at the blog: http://drjimgilliard.com//hip-mobility-and-range-of-motion/ #chiropractic #hippain #femoroacetabular #hipmobility #dynamicstability #drjimgilliard #burlingtonchiro

Mobility at the hip is incredibly important. I can’t overstate how important mobility at the hip is for a healthy hip joint, as well as the surrounding body regions that it supports. If you think of the body as having alternating components that either primarily provide mobility or primarily provide stability, you have the basis for understanding how different body parts work together to create better movement overall. When this concept holds true, your injury risk is lower b...ecause the demands of everyday life and activity are shared between tissues and body regions there is no need to overload one joint in favour of another. Areas that move well, move well. Areas that provide support, provide support. But when injury and dysfunction is present this relationship often flips. Areas of movement become stiff and tight, and areas of support start moving more to pick up the slack! And since the hip is such an important link in overall movement, maintaining its ability to move is critical! This series will focus on just that keeping the hip moving with activities and exercises that open up its ability to move and reinforce the joint with muscular engagement. In the meantime, find more hip details at the blog: http://drjimgilliard.com//the-hip-joint-a-case-for-mobili/ #chiropractic #hippain #femoroacetabular #hipmobility #dynamicstability #drjimgilliard #burlingtonchiro