MY GOAL TO Start Playing Golf AGAiN

Took a lot of work, research time and determination to make it happen.

• Going from not being able to walk without pain in February dependent on walkers and wheelchairs. 

• To be able to play golf again five months later to play in a tournament in June.

Process To Make This Happen

• I worked hard with physical therapy doctors and chiropractors 3 days a week 2 hours a day for 3 months. 

• We all became a team to make my goal come true.

• I worked closely with my doctors to learn how I could replicate the type of exercises at home . Since, I was unable to do workouts on the floor and only on the therapy tables or equipment in the facility. 

After living in Henderson, Nevada during the winter months. I returned to Hastings, Minnesota in May and began working with physical therapy doctors . 

• To help build my balance , strength  in my upper body, and quads and core muscles.  

• To be able to start re-educating my body “muscle memory” of my previous golf swing.

• So I , could start modifying my golf posture and mechanics to use a single plane swing. While wearing a back brace , knee brace and arthritic resources for maintaining my grip before and after ball impact .

Therapy sessions with this objective, involved two days a week and sessions continued throughout the golf season ending in October 2023.

Results

My endurance and strength got better and my doctors noticed a big difference as the golf season continued. 

As part of my exercise to strengthen my body, work on approving balance and endurance . 

Golfing , became part of my therapy,. 

Although my routine riding a cart and handicap flag following  guidelines. To be able to get closer to tee, hazards and greens .

 I was tracking my steps and averaged 3 miles “walking “ per 18 hole round .

Simultaneously in May 2023,  I began researching golfing aid resources to help eliminate any bending since I was unable to bend due to my health issue . 

I started researching my health issue and discovered how I could learn how to play golf again with therapy solutions and products to wear and use on the golf course to help me manage back, knee and arthritis impacts, I needed to conquer to play golf again.

I ordered products available on Amazon , continued researching looking at what Adaptive Golf Organizations websites and blogs were discussing as well as other small companies on Facebook or eBay.

Many  just didn’t work at all in a real situation on the golf course.

During my analysis, I did discover a couple companies products that had potential .

So I reached out to these companies and provided a true evaluation of their products.  

As part of this process, I provided recommendations for improvement and enhancement of their products to meet the needs of the "adaptive golfer community“.

 My experience, not only an avid golfer but also a professional health and fitness specialist . 

Based on my recommendations and testing for 5 months products.