BOISE golfer MYOFASCIAL RELEASE TECHNIQUES

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Golfer Fascial Self-Care, Studio-Care & Assessments

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Improve your swing by opening up spiral fascial lines
Below represents a "in the nut-shell" look at what I have learned over my last 8 years of clinical practice working with the fascial lines and neuromuscular tissue of golfers of all ages and performance levels. I wanted to give you some simple yet effective free self-care strategies as well as studio-care that I offer our golfers at the studio.

Below I will share with you some basics to maintain and some detailed work I do in the studio in the event you wanted to advance the care of your connective tissue in relation to your golf swing and fascia health.

Enjoy this page dedicated solely to improving the health of every golfer interested in taking care of their frame and improving their game.

 

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Owner of Hybrid Health in Boise Idaho
"As a therapist in Boise I've gotten to meet the wide variety of practitioners out there. Of all those people I've met and worked with I've chosen Brandon at Body Epiphanies to care for me. His knowledge and intuition are top notch and the passion he has pushes him to excellence. In a state with no regulations regarding the profession, it's refreshing to find someone so dedicated and educated. I highly recommend Brandon to anyone looking to improve their health and well being."

Justin Kobbe LMT, NCTMB  ​
(Boise, Idaho Manual Therapist & Owner of Hybrid Health)

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Anatomy of Functional Lines of Fascia
(anterior, lateral & posterior views)

Just to give you some insider view on some of the individual tissue that is addressed at Body Epiphanies Massage & Nutrition.

Fascial Health General Suggestions

Fascial Tools:

  • Rumble Roller (as recommended by Tim Ferriss and many top-performers in the way of athletics)​
  • Mustard Packets for halting cramps (I recommend popping into Whole Foods and in the cafeteria area grab two or more of their mustard packs. This is one of the top pro tricks for any athlete to pop a packet of mustard and keep it in your mouth than swallow and within 1-2 minutes it tends to interfere with the cramping process. Don't forget to stay hydrated with coconut water or water mineralized with electrolytes to prevent this from happening. Here's a great article on this.)
  • Lacrosse Ball (I carry one in my laptop bag and have multiple at home, use it with slow compression and shear throughout tissue that is restricted on your body while watching TV, etc.)
  • Crocodile Creek Solar System Playground Ball, Blue, 5" (it is wise to use softer tools such as these in particular situations, tissues and days)​
  • Squatty Potty (pooping ergonomics make all the difference in the world, so don't judge ^o^.)
  • Vital Proteins Collagen​ (one of the best tools along with homemade bone broth to repair all connective tissue and joints)
  • Epsoak Epsom Salt (take a bath each day you golf, it'll take a significant load off of the delayed on-set muscle soreness and replenish some magnesium and sulfur reserves via transdermal delivery)
  • Foundation Core Training (hands down the best overall self-care system I have ever explored or seen clinically relevant)
  • Teeter Inversion Table (in certain instances e.g. knee ligament laxity, eye-pressure or high blood pressure, this may not be indicated)

Supplements for Inflammatory Cascades: (see personalized recommendations here) 

  • Phenocane (this substitute for Asprin helps with inflammatory pathways associated with wear & tear. It's best not to take right away after a workout, however the next day as you don't want to interrupt the inflammatory process of rebuilding tissue overnight.)
  • Thorne Research - Meriva SF (Soy Free) - Sustained Released Curcumin Phytosome (incredibly potent anti-inflammatory especially when used together with the organic spice turmeric, the spice you'd want to consume about 1/2 - 1 tsp a day)

Golfer/Fitness Fascia Books:

Some Assessment Tests Used In-Studio

These are some brief examples of assessment tools used at Body Epiphanies Massage & Nutrition to determine where to direct manual therapies for each specific individual. Not every session requires testing, however in difficult cases or for athletes (professional and recreational) it is important to assess and reassess to determine if therapies are appropriate for each individual client.

Boise Golf Specific Studio-Care Videos

Below you will see a series of videos of the kind of care I deliver to my clients. Because time is ever so short and I never liked the idea of reinventing the wheel, these videos are not of me, but of therapies and strategies that I use in the studio on a near-daily basis. 
This is a brief video to demonstrate fascial lines so you can see and feel just how the fascial lines link up the muscles in the body. giving a guide to palpate the individual muscles, muscle groups, and fascial structures in each of the kinetic chains of...
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Understanding the role of fascia in healthy movement and postural distortion is of vital importance to bodyworkers and movement therapists. Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists presents a unique whole systems...
After some assessment with a overhead squat or positive thomas test it can be determined whether or not the need of psoas manual release. This is your hip flexor and is nearly always in need of release unilaterally in golfers.
Peter Hary from Skillful Touch shows an example of a treatment of bodywork sports therapy for Golf and Tennis players. This gives some insight into additional treatments offered at Body Epiphanies for all of you golfers ^_^.
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Myoskeletal mechanics for treating golfers low back pain. QL stretches to create space between the shoulder and pelvic girdles. Innovative muscle balancing and joint mobilization techniques. Excerpts from Myoskeletal Alignment for Low Back...
Tendonitis can lead to Golfer's Elbow which can lead to Carpal Tunnel. OH MY! With the fundamentals of how to deal with any inflammation, learn how to master these three issues of the forearm like a boss!

Boise Golf Specific Self-Care Videos

7 self-acupressure techniques to help prevent and release golfer's elbow. Also works great for tennis elbow and martial arts and repetitive motion tendonitis.
In this video we show you how to do myofascial release exercises of the hand with both a golf ball and lacrosse ball. This is great to help release the tension within the hands during golf practice.
Mike Pedersen Golf Exercise Workout Trainer shows you a simple golf stretch to increase your golf swing speed by increasing hip rotation range of motion; resulting in more power, and ultimately distance. Immobility in the hip region is very common among the older golfer, and unless you address this with effective...
How to unlock your hips potential, and create fluidity and power in your golf swing with no back pain? This is a brief but telling video to give you some basics to practice while improving your fascial health to make for a better golfer ^_^.
Today we are strengthening our CORE, improving our BALANCE and increasing our FLEXIBILITY. This workout is perfect for you golfers out there, but everyone is invited to get in on the fun! This is a great short-routine to help strengthen the right fascial lines to make for better fine-motor control with your swings...
Right Lateral Line fascia stretch for better Left Lateral Bend during the backswing. This is a very short video but gives you some insight into some of the self-care that we recommend our golfing clients take into consideration to improve their fascial health on their own.
In the final part of a new 30-day fitness series with The Fitting Rooms, London Bridge, we look at the best ways you can prevent injury from golf, as well as the best exercises and drills you can do to strengthen the core and how to harness power in the swing.
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots--but you have to play the ball where it lies."

Bobby Jones​