Neutral Spine Theory

Golf Posture with Neutral Spine Theory in mind.

Most take neutral spine to extreme limits mummifying the body through exercises such as planks and similar exercises, this creates rigidity.

Neutral Spine ranges must be determined on a personal basis and is utilised on ones own available range of motion.

Neutral is deemed as somewhere between two ranges of motion, and thus utilised in the golf swing as the operating zone between extreme anterior and posterior pelvic tilt.

Training golfers with neutral spine is key to ensuring this becomes a part and parcel of our static posture and golfs dynamic posture during the swing.

Do not for one minute fall into the illusion that you will maintain a neutral spine throughout you golf swing naturally, because your body will always move towards a position of strength and away from weakness hence why we see the C posture occurring in the golf motion as the body moves from neutral towards the feral position a very safe place we all know from birth, this is hardwired through, every day sitting syndrome and poor core conditioning techniques such as crunching from the floor.

Correct exercises must be employed allowing one to build strength in the neutral operating zone thus allowing the golfer enough strength to maintain this position through the whole swing. Correct stretching routines targeting tonic muscle groups and correct core training procedures are a must.