Golfers, No External Rotation = Flying Elbows and Chicken Wings

Mindi Boysen is a Titleist Performance Institute Levvel III certified Golf Fitness Specialist, a Nationally certified lifestyle and weight management consultant, a personal trainer and a group fitness instructor who specializes in functional, Pilates-based sport specific training.  In the following video, Mindi points out why having good shoulder flexibility is so important…specifically have good external rotation.

Two specific points she makes are:

1. If you don’t have enough external rotation in your right shoulder, then you’ll probably experience a “flying elbow” during your backswing.
2. If you don’t have enough external rotation in your left or lead shoulder, then you’ll experience a “chicken wing” during your follow through.

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2 Ways to Improve Your External Rotation (and Golf Swing)

Mindi shows you how you develop stronger, more flexible shoulders by performing some simple shoulder exercises with light weights.  Here’s another video demonstrating how you can use the the Rotater to increase your shoulder range of motion, specifically your external rotation.

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Give these exercises a try and notice the difference in how your shoulders feel and move.  You’ll have more shoulder mobility plus you’ll enjoy a bigger shoulder turn during your golf swing.  The result???   More power and distance during your next golf outing.

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Don't let your age stop you from competing!

Aging doesn’t have to be your excuse

Here’s a great story about Dawn Kirklen who began playing golf at the age of 50.  Now, at 89, she still plays twice a week. (NOTE:  When I first published this blog article, this story about Dawn Kirklen was freely available…not anymore.  The website that posted it is now a “Pay-Per-View” or subscription website).

Shoulder surgery doesn’t stop this golfer

Dawn has had four surgeries since 2000:

• two hip replacements
• back surgery
• shoulder surgery

Also, she is scheducled to have cataract surgery in January and hopes to play in a tournament in March.

What’s your excuse?

Daily exercise is one of the keys for living a long, fulfilled and productive life.  We all know it, but seldom do anything about it.

As the new year starts, why not make it a priority to enjoy your senior years by following an exercise program.  As Dawn Kirklen has proved, its never too late to start.

photo credit – AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker

Shoulder Surgery?  Shoulder Rehab is a Necessity

If you’ve had any kind of shoulder surgery, then you know how important shoulder rehabilitation is.  But what happens after your rehab prescription runs out?  Or, you don’t have insurance to pay for your shoulder rehab?

Good questions.  Maybe you should check out the Rotater .. shoulder rehab / prehab tool designed to duplicate many of the stretches your physical therapist will perform during your rehab.

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How far can you hit a golf ball?

(photo courtesy of danperry.com)

What do you consider to be a “long drive”?  I guess for different people it means different things.  For me ( a part-time hacker ), it means an occasional 250–275 yard stroke of luck.  For you, it may mean hitting a consistent 300 yard drive.

Can you imagine driving a golf ball 551 yards?

That’s right, 551 yards!  That’s the distance that Mike Dobbyn hit (“smoked” is more like it) a golf ball during a Butch Harmon Tour Event in Las Vegas on July 17, 2007.

How did Mike do it?

Mike Dobbyn is a big guy – 6’8” and close to three hundred pounds of muscle and he works out – a lot. So I’m sure that all that working out allowed him to develop the power to launch a golf ball 551 yards, right?  Well watch this video and listen as Mike describes what he feels are the key components to launching a golf ball into the stratosphere.  You may be surprised to hear how much value he places on flexibility.

Listen for Mike’s quote from the video, “If you want to hit the ball longer, get..get more flexible.”

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Greatest Golf Swing of All Time?

Here’s a slow-motion video of one of the greatest golf swings of all time.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Does Tiger’s swing resemble your swing?  Do you get a “big” shoulder turn?

Probably not and it could be for a variety of reasons:

• physical condition
• amount of time spent training
• the sheer number of times Tiger has swung a golf club
• shoulder flexibility ( or lack thereof )

Here is what one golfer told us in an email that we received recently:

“To: The Rotator Guy

You sure should be proud of your “Rotater” invention.  Ever since the PGA Show when you introduced me to the “Rotater”, I have been using it daily.  The results for me have been outstanding.

Previously I was very restricted in my shoulder flexibility and add a touch of bursitis to the equation and you get a very short backswing.  After my “Rotater” program started, I experienced significant improvement in my shoulder movement and now I can actually get a full shoulder turn (without pain).

I cannot wait to get to the course once the weather warms up so I can “wow” my buddies.

Ed Wallace
(a very happy customer)”

Discover how the Rotater can help you.

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Providing great information about golf and the golf industry

Golf Today magazine has been keeping the golfer informed for twenty one years.  Scott and I had the pleasure to meet Bob Koczor the publisher/owner or Golf Today magazine during the fall PGA expo held in Las Vegas this past September.

We were riding the elevator to our twelfth floor room, when the gentleman in the elevator with us introduced himself (as Bob Koczor, the owner of Golf Today magazine) and asked about the shoulder device that we were caring.  He was very interested in hearing all about the Rotater and promised to come by our booth the following day to try the Rotater for himself.

Bob came by our booth the following day and not only tried the Rotater, but took one with him for further testing and evaluation.

Orlando PGA Expo is huge!

Due to the strong reception that the Rotater received from the golf professionals who attended the Vegas show, we decided that we would take the “big leap” and go to Orlando for the “big” PGA expo.  Big is not really the correct word.  This event is huge beyond our imagining.

When the doors opened, Bob Koczor was the first person to come by our booth.  He had seen Scott in the entrance area and made it a point to come by and speak with us about the Rotater.  He also told us that he would be publishing an article about the Rotater.

 The Rotater is noted in Golf Today Magazine

(this photo demonstrates how to use the Rotater to stretch external rotation)

If you haven’t seen Golf Today Magazine, then you have missed an online resource that offers in depth information at a price you can afford – free!  In addition to that, there are a number of blogs associated with the web site that keep you up-to-date with what’s going on in the golf world – today.

What I really like is the way that they present their digital version of the Golf Today Magazine.  Yes, that’s right.  You can read the magazine online.  And it’s in a real page flipping style – just like hard copy.

Some excerpts from Golf Today magazine about the Rotater

The following excerpts are taken from the article that appeared in the February edition of Golf Today magazine.  This link will take you to the page 55 where you can read the entire article (you may have to use the zoom function).

“…I tried the sample they provided and, at first felt muscles and ligaments and whatever keeps me glued together that I had not felt since my 3 – hour Thai Massage about five years ago.”

“The Rotater provides Internal and External Rotation for one’s arms and shoulders which, in turn, results in stretching exercises that are key to good golf.”

“The Rotater allows you to get your body fluid enough to do those things and the results are outstanding.”

Visit our web-site to see if the Rotater can help you.

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In the News, again

The Rotater, a shoulder rehabilitation and stretching device was featured on the front page of the Birmingham News� weekly health section this past Monday (February 11), in an article entitled �Industrial mechanic invents tool to improve shoulder mobility, finds niche in athletics�.

A couple of excerpts

“The device is very, very good,” said Ty Garner, a physical therapist and part owner of Total Rehab. “I still support him 100 percent. You can show it to any therapist out there, and they’ll say, `Wow.’”

“I use it daily,” said O’Tyrrell, who said he has not been paid for his endorsement. “It allows me to make a full turn, which allows me to really cream the ball.” � Read the Rest

The Rotater is in Boston

Scott Kay has taken the Rotater on the road once again. The National Golf Expo is being held today through Sunday at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.

This will be the first time that the Rotater has been made available directly to the golf consumer. If you are able to attend the show, then I urge you to stop by the Rotater booth to see Eric Sanders or Scott Kay and give the Rotater a try for yourself. Feel the incredible stretch and discover why the PGA professionals are excited about this unique shoulder stretching and flexibility tool.

(photo is courtesy of David Niblack)

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How important is shoulder flexibility to a golfer?  It’s a rhetorical question, because we all know the answer.  If you want a smooth, fluid and flowing golf swing like the golf professionals that you see on television, then you must have flexible shoulders.

1.  Watch the shoulder flexibility video (below) by the Titleist Performance Institute ( TPI )

2.  Compare the TPI video with the photographs of Damon Lucas that follow the video, as he uses the Rotater.  Damon is a PGA teaching professional, the Director of Instruction at Chestnut Ridge Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland and he established the first Putting Zone Academy in the U.S. after extensive study under Geoff Mangum. 

3.  Then watch the video demonstration of the Rotater to see why so many golfers and long drive competitors are using the Rotater to increase their shoulder flexibility.

Titleist Performance Institute ( TPI ) video – Shoulder Flexibility

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Damon Lucas – PGA teaching professional demonstrating the Rotater

The Rotater – The two minute solution to flexibility, power and distance

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Scott and I spent most of last week in Orlando at the PGA merchandise expo.  We were demonstrating the Rotater, taking orders, talking with potential distributors and answering questions.

The Golf Industry was not the initial market for the Rotater

The Rotater was initially developed to aid post-surgical patients as a means of supplementing their physical therapy.  Scott had used his prototype to accelerate his rehab process, so we naturally assumed that physical therapists would be our strongest market.

And we have been right to a strong degree.  We have received a number of great testimonials from physical therapists who have tested the Rotater and are using it with their patients:

• Shoulder Rehab expert recommends the Rotater!
• Another Physical Therapist endorses the Rotater
• Physical Therapist uses the Rotater with his Patients

Athletes have discovered the Rotater

In Daytona, at the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s annual conference, we met Tamara Copes.  Tamara is a former collegiate athletic trainer who immediately recognized the benefits that the Rotater offers to both athletes and athletic trainers.  This led us to attend the fall PGA expo in Las Vegas, where the Rotater was introduced to the golf community. 

Golfers embrace the Rotater

Watch this video and discover how the Rotater has impacted these golf professionals.

Special thanks to:

• Michael (Big Styxx) Ruston – www.bigstyxxgolf.com – Michael has a personal best long drive of 431 yards!
• Gary Schatz – www.1StopForGolf.com and www.1StopForGolfProducts.com
• Dusty O’Tyrrell – senior professional – www.golfix.us
• Bob Orr – Senior long drive contestand and long drive consultant
• Derek Highley – PGA teaching professional, expert in Human Kinesiology – www.globalgolfmarketing.com
• Todd O’Reilly – CPGA teaching professional – www.morningstar.bc.ca

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This seems like a strange title for a blog post. But one long drive consultant who has experienced the benefits of using the Rotater, sent us the following email:

Scott: (Scott Kay, inventor of the Rotater)

I’ve been using the Rotater every second day and use it while warming up before a round.

I’ve been in AZ for the past month and had an interesting experience. It was a long par 4, 485 yds. I hit driver – lob wedge. Usually I would have driver – 5 or 6 iron.

So the Range of motion increase and the flexibility was noticeable to me. I’ve also had less soreness in the shoulder where my old football shoulder separation was.

It seems that the Rotater is helping breakdown the scar tissue that gave the shoulder some of its stiffness and pain.

Bob Orr, Long Drive Consultant

How can the Rotater help you?

The Rotater can:

• increase your shoulder flexibility
• provide you with greater range of motion � which results in a greater turn
• give you the ability to self-stretch
• put you in control of the degree and intensity of the stretch
• go anywhere, it is portable � many golfers leave it in the trunk of their car and use it just prior to entering the clubhouse

485 yards with a driver and a lob wedge!

Now that�s a long way to hit the golf ball. But he is a big guy, a long drive consultant�and he uses the Rotater!

Do you strike the ball with power and authority? Give the Rotater a try – feel the difference. Develop a smooth fluid turn and get rid of the short, choppy swing that’s limiting your potential.

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