My Swing (boogielicious)

[iacas]

How are the knees when you do this stuff?

Specifically (obviously) the left knee?

[boogielicious]

14 minutes ago, iacas said:

How are the knees when you do this stuff?

Specifically (obviously) the left knee?

I’m having trouble getting it to really push back my left hip. I can do it slow, but as I increase speed, l lose the feel.

[iacas]

30 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I’m having trouble getting it to really push back my left hip. I can do it slow, but as I increase speed, l lose the feel.

I meant pain or whatever-wise.

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, iacas said:

I meant pain or whatever-wise.

No pain when bent or starting to straighten, but it gets wobbly when I fully straighten it with all my weight on it. So when snapping it straight it kind of gets weak. I think it has to do with the torn meniscus. I can do squats because it doesn’t affect that area, so the leg is strong, but not when straight.

[GolfLug]

EE seems to have all but disappeared! Very nice..

[boogielicious]

I got an adjustment to my drill from Erik. I need to really move my hands down faster from the top, which will then require me to rotate faster to get to impact. I also need to get my left hip back farther, which has been a challenge. 

I broke out the Butt Board 2000 to try and help the feel. It helps a bit.

Drill. I’m trying to feel the left butt cheek go back and have a fast arm motion down.

Swing with the BB 2000. A bit of improvement but I need to exaggerate more.

Full swing sans BB 2000. Still a little EE. Work in progress.

 

[iacas]

Shove your left butt cheek behind your heel. There’s enough force pulling you toward the ball that you can pull back the other way to offset it.

[boogielicious]

A swing from yesterday working on the same pieces with more emphasis on pushing the left hip back more aggressively.

 

[boogielicious]

A little update on my status. I haven’t been able to do a full swing since the Erie trip in end of May early June. The diagnosis is left SI Joint dysfunction which makes it difficult because my swing ends up on the left side. I’ve dealt with the right side since injuring it in High School even before they knew what to do about. Thing is, when the right side was bad, I could still play golf. I most likely hurt it while compensating for the left hip pull I had right before Erie.

I’m still in PT at the moment and working hard to get back. I’ll give PT a couple more weeks before deciding to get a shot (which may or may not work).

On a bright note, I played a scramble with my wife and two lady friends on Monday. I was able to chip, pitch and do partial swings. I was surprised how far I could partial swing a driver or 3W. I duffed a few shots anticipating pain and kept the follow through down. My short game was very good and my putting excellent.

I did win closest to the pin on a 135 yard Par 3! I did a partial 7 iron shot to 8 feet. Won $75 gift certificate to the gift shop and bought a nice fall top.

My aim is to be able to play pain free before the season is over.

[GolfLug]

You and  @DaveP043 have had a tough year with your injuries, but both of you are such warriors too. Glad to see you get some!

[DaveP043]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

I’m still in PT at the moment and working hard to get back. I’ll give PT a couple more weeks before deciding to get a shot (which may or may not work).

Good luck with everything, its tough getting old!  Just my experience, the epidural steroid injection I got has made a world of difference as far as the pain goes.  I have a feeling that the PT exercises will need to continue forever, but that's a pretty small price to pay if they help me avoid future episodes.