Our friends at TPI just shared another amazing case study with us. Dr. Greg Rose and Dave Phillips recently spent a day with Titleist Brand Ambassador Anders Albertson, who had come to TPI after persistent lower back pain had sidelined him on the Korn Ferry and PGA Tours. Check out the video above and see how Anders' physical limitations had impacted his swing and how Dave and Greg put him on the road to recovery with some eye-opening evidence that what we feel isn't real...

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Anders turned pro in 2015 after a decorated career at Georgia Tech. He’s won multiple times on the Korn Ferry Tour, but has recently taken a medical extension after he started to experience lower back pain.

Anders' physical screen revealed that he had several mobility restrictions, especially on his trail side. Limitations in the hip or thoracic spine are extremely common in golfers who are experiencing back pain. When golfers don’t rotate well through their "mobile joints," they often compensate by trying to turn through "stable segments." This can cause excessive stress on the joints, potentially contributing to his injury.

When he was asked what was going on with his game, Anders said he felt that he could hit it higher and straighter than he had been. He added that he felt like he was hanging back on his right side and not getting to his left side soon enough. In the hitting bay, force plate and pressure data painted a different picture, showing that Anders was actually loading into his left side during his swing. The solution was to have Anders set up with more weight and pressure in his right side at address. This then allowed him to apply pressure into the ground and move left in a more efficient and powerful pattern.

After spending some time to key in on this new feeling, Anders' swing began to look more stable and athletic and within a few reps he was seeing significant improvement in his ball flight. 

Thanks to TPI for sharing this experience and best of luck to Anders as he gets healthy and back into full form!

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