Body Links to Better Golf!

Body Links to Better Golf is an integrated approach were a licensed physical therapist works in collaboration with a PGA instructor. It is both a preventative approach as well as a therapeutic approach for those who are compromising their enjoyment of the game secondary to pain and poor performance.

When golfers think about how to improve their game they often consider just taking a lesson or purchasing new equipment. But most over-look the most important piece of equipment that they already have: their body. By addressing physical restrictions in posture, balance, strength, and flexibility, golfers are able to play their best with minimal potential for injury. Body Links to Better Golf evaluates how your physical characteristics influence the way you move in addition to providing the highest quality of PGA instruction. This program is equally valuable for the competitive golfer looking for an extra edge to improve their performance as well as the senior golfer who may have lost some crucial flexibility.

The Body Links to Better Golf program, originally designed Keith Geissler, MPT, is a culmination of leading resources in the “golf fitness” industry. Using his skills in biomechanical assessment, Keith can develop an individualized program that will be golf specific. The program is based on the following principle:

STRUCTURE GOVERNS FUNCTION
Where biomechanical STRUCTURE influences FUNCTIONAL outcomes
           > Posture can influence a reproducible swing
           >Balance can influence driving distance
           >Strength helps lower scores
           >Flexibility helps to produce greater accuracy
           >Control helps to reduce injuries

But this information alone does not provide a complete performance enhancement and injury prevention program for the golfer. By collaborating with Jill Terrone, a PGA instructor who has taught around the world, they have created the ideal package for any level of golfer.

Body Links to Better Golf utilizes a combined video analysis and a detailed biomechanical assessment. This allows the team to identify risk areas and effectively communicate them directly to the player. Each participant will work one-on-one with both the physical therapist and the PGA instructor to identify and release physical restrictions. They will learn corrective drills to reeducate their bodies on proper movement and they will leave with the tools needed for further development. Not only will each participant exit the program with an individualized program from both disciplines, but they will have a comprehensive understanding of how their body works and how they can make changes to improve their golf game.

For more information, contact Keith Geissler, MPT, at Personalized PT (802) 253-6852.

About Keith Geissler, MPT:
Since receiving his Masters Degree in Physical Therapy, Keith Geissler, MPT has been advancing his skills in all aspects of orthopaedic care. He has developed a specialization for treating musculoskeletal disorders of the spine using an osteopathic approach. Keith practiced in various hospital settings before establishing his own practice, Personalized PT, which has offices in Morrisville, VT and Stowe, VT. He places the highest standard on individualized care for his patients and has brought this approach to his Body Links to Better Golf program.


About Jill Terrone, instructor:
Jill is from Sarasota, Florida and has been a Class A PGA member since 1998. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University's Professional Golf Management Program where she received a BA in Marketing and Graduated Magna Cum Laude. While in college she competed for four years of Division 1 college golf and received Academic All-SEC Honors for three years. After college she began her teaching career as Head Instructor for the Brad Redding Golf Academy – a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher. She spent a year and a half learning with Brad and then went to work for Carnival Cruise Lines as Onboard Director of Golf Operations on the MS Holiday in Los Angles, CA and the MS Fascination in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she conducted over 200 clinics/excursions around the world. She then spent the next two years as First Assistant teaching Professional at the prestigious Seawane Country Club in Hewlett Harbor, NY. Following her stay in NY she took an incredible opportunity to go overseas and taught for two years at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Shenzhen, China. She is now proud to be teaching professional at the Country Club of Vermont and join Keith in the Body Links to Better Golf Program. Jill customizes each program to the specific needs of the individual and enjoys working with players of all ability levels.

If you're coming in for a motion and fitness analysis you should wear loose fitting comfortable clothing to your appointment.