Golf Movement Assessment & Performance Training

John Appel, MPT — physiotherapist and strength & conditioning coach with 25 years working with professional athletes, and a golf-specific physiotherapist and strength coach at Pure Performance in Wanaka. He brings the same blend of manual therapy, rehabilitation and performance training he uses with World Cup and Olympic athletes to the golf swing specifically.

Restricted hip and thoracic rotation is one of the most consistently cited contributors to lower back pain in golfers, forcing the lumbar spine to compensate through every swing. It's also one of the most common ways golfers lose power and consistency without realising why. This assessment screens for exactly that pattern, along with the single-leg stability and shoulder mobility that decide how well weight transfers through the swing, so the programme that follows addresses what's actually holding your game back, not just general fitness around it.