♪ Bob and Brad ♪ ♪ The two most famous ♪ ♪ Physical therapists ♪ ♪ On the internet ♪ – Howdy folks, I'm Bob
Schrupp, physical therapist. – Brad Heineck, physical therapist. – And together we are the most famous physical therapists on the internet. – In our opinion, of course, Bob. – Today we're gonna actually, I know this isn't golf channel Brad- – No. – But I'm going to show
two simple exercises to help your golf swing. I'm a golfer. – Right. – And I like these two exercises, I thought, you know, it's
physical, it's therapy, here we go. – And I think if you're
not a golfer like me, and you are gonna get into
it someday, it'll be a good. – Right. – Training. – Good introduction. – And actually, it's
just good range of motion for that trunk and everything, so- – It is, it's good
thoracic range of motion- – There ya go. – So- – What about this, Bob? – We're doing a giveaway this week, and we're doing the Eye Massager. – Look at that.
You put this on, it heats up, it gives you compression,
it gives a massage, add a little bit of relaxing music, and it is a wonderful little tool. – And a study has shown that
it's really good for dry eye. – Yeah, absolutely, so,
I don't have dry eye, but I used it, I fell asleep. – Did you really? – Yeah, I was very relaxed. I mean, I did, I thought
it was kind of like silly, but until I tried it, so
it's a nice little deal. – You need a little machine
to slap you and wake you up. – Well, no, my wife does that. – She does it all, okay. Alright, so very simple. You're going to need a dowel or a pole, or something that's about- – Could you use a golf club? – You could use a golf club, but you don't want to pull on it too hard, you could bend the golf club.
But you could use a golf club. – Those don't bend, I
thought they were tougher- – Oh, like a driver? – Really? – I mean, if you really- – Well I know I could,
but, so, I could bend it. – Yeah, I know you could. All right. So we're going to say the Booya Stick, because it's very nice and smooth, very comfortable on your
shoulders, and you won't break it. We're going to increase spinal mobility, especially thoracic rotation, that's where you want motion, and we're also going to
maintain spine angle. Brad is not a golfer, but this is what I mean. I'm leaning forward, my shoulders are a little
bit in front of my feet, if I run a, what's it called? – Plum, Bob? – Plum line, it's a little
in front of my feet, so I'm keeping the back straight, right? – Is your back straight? We'll put the Booya Stick, there we go, it looks good, excellent.
– So then I'm going to put this up on my shoulders, and this is where I'm going
to work on thoracic mobility. So I'm turning my shoulder like this, and I can see, it's funny, I can see that I'm tighter to the left. – And just so the feet
are shoulder width apart, and your heels stay planted to the ground. – Yeah, for this exercise. – Okay, okay. – Now in real life, you'd
probably go like this. – In a golf swing, you
do have some movement, but not for this. – Right, you are shifting your feet when you're doing this.
I'm shifting to the right,
I'm shifting to the left. – And it's okay to move the hips? – Right, the hips should
move with your turn. – Now I like this from a
therapist point of view, because this locks your shoulder blades and your back in a really good posture, and it keeps that there. And I'm assuming that's what the desire, or the goal is when you swing a golf club. – Right, and the other thing is, you don't want to, like,
it would go down like this, and then come up? You don't want to lift up like this. You want to maintain that
spine angle the entire time. That's the key because a lot of people are getting that habit, and when they're swinging the club, they go like this, and move up. The other thing they do, is they'll shift their weight and they'll actually shift
their whole body over.
So you're working on
keeping your body still, maintain that straight, upright posture, and you know, you got to do this in front of a mirror, Brad. – Yeah, that's what I
was thinking, a mirror, or you have someone holler at you, I mean, talk to you and
give you some feedback. – Holler at you. – This is a really good idea for golfers up here in the North,
when it's 18 below zero, and you want to maintain some motion. – You're feeling the
bug and you, you know, you can't swing your club in the house. I've hit the ceiling many times. So the other one is actually
a little variation of this. You're actually gonna cross your arms over your chest like this.
Just gives a little
bit different feedback, and again, work on, you're
trying to get that mobility in the thoracic area
and open up the chest. – Right? It's important that you breathe and relax with this, Bob. – Yes it, well, when you're
golfing, you're not relaxing. And the problem is, you're thinking about 25
different things to swing. – Aren't you just thinking
about hitting the ball? (Bob scoffs) – I wish it was that simple Brad. So very, that's it, very simple. I know this isn't for you
non-golfers out there, but it actually isn't
the worst thing to do. – No, it definitely
loosens up that upper back, and it's a good stretch. – Right, all right. Thanks for watching. – Good luck with the golf game..