My Swing (boogielicious)

[boogielicious]

I haven’t really filmed in a while. Starting to feel like my body is close to being at full strength again, but I am also 65! I played a few round and my distance is down as expected. Here are a 6 iron and driver swing. My grip is a bit weak in these so I’ve focused on that the last few days.

I went over my Erie notes. I’m trying to swing down from the top and not out. I want my weight to start shifting forward at about P3. And I want to push my left hip back in the downswing, which I was not successful in these swings. Ball flight has been pushes or pull draws with the irons and fades with the driver. Looking at these swings I can see why. I just need to change the picture. 

 

[iacas]

It's not too far off, Scott.

You can probably let the arms go up earlier in the backswing so the change of direction isn't quite so dramatic.

[billchao]

6 hours ago, boogielicious said:

I am also 65!

Wow, 65 factorial? That’s quite old 😜

Good to see you’re healthy enough to get back at it.

[iacas]

1 x 2 x 3 = 3! Wow!

2 + 2 x 2 = 3!

Etc. 😉 

[boogielicious]

A little update. My SI joint issue has reappeared. It’s frustrating because I’ve continued doing the PT exercises consistently for 11 months. I’ve become much stronger in the area muscle-wise. The issue went away and then about 3 weeks ago showed up while playing. Seeing the Dr. next week. Not sure what is going on.

[GolfLug]

48 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

A little update. My SI joint issue has reappeared. It’s frustrating because I’ve continued doing the PT exercises consistently for 11 months. I’ve become much stronger in the area muscle-wise. The issue went away and then about 3 weeks ago showed up while playing. Seeing the Dr. next week. Not sure what is going on.

Oh man.. hope it's minor.

[Bob M]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

A little update. My SI joint issue has reappeared. It’s frustrating because I’ve continued doing the PT exercises consistently for 11 months. I’ve become much stronger in the area muscle-wise. The issue went away and then about 3 weeks ago showed up while playing. Seeing the Dr. next week. Not sure what is going on.

Bad report, sorry to hear it. Hopefully the Doc can get to the bottom of the relapse and get you back on the road to recovery!

[Typhoon92]

7 hours ago, boogielicious said:

A little update. My SI joint issue has reappeared. It’s frustrating because I’ve continued doing the PT exercises consistently for 11 months. I’ve become much stronger in the area muscle-wise. The issue went away and then about 3 weeks ago showed up while playing. Seeing the Dr. next week. Not sure what is going on.

Have you tried hanging?  Find a pull up bar or whatever.  Grab it with both hands and hang without your feet touching the floor.  I had bad issues over last winter and a friend suggested it.  It was like is decompresses everything in my spine and I have been fine ever since.

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Typhoon92 said:

Have you tried hanging?  Find a pull up bar or whatever.  Grab it with both hands and hang without your feet touching the floor.  I had bad issues over last winter and a friend suggested it.  It was like is decompresses everything in my spine and I have been fine ever since.

The PT specifically said that was a bad idea for this type of injury.

[mdl]

I don't know the details of your diagnosis or history, so just a note at the start here that I'm aware this might not apply to you. And I've shared this on TST a few times over the years, so if I've already pointed you in this direction and it doesn't apply, my bad!

I hurt my lower back years ago doing two ego reps in my last set of deadlifts for the day. I'd never had any issues before and the pain wasn't intense so I pretty much ignored it and worked out through it, not doing deadlifts. After a while I inflamed things so bad that I partially paralyzed my left leg. Like if I tried to do a pistol (one legged) squat on my left leg, I could go down 4-6 inches and then just collapse all the way to the floor. Much worse pain as well. Long PT and some education got me back moving and able to exercise and whatnot. But I would intermittently "tweak it", often with golf, and the pain would flare up. I did all kinds of specific exercises and stretches, but it never prevented flare ups. I was in my mid 30s at the time and thought I'd just f***ed myself to have a bad back for the rest of my life.

Then I read some stuff about how a very large percentage of lower back pain is neurological, and radiologists mostly can't distinguish the scans of people with normal function and those with chronic back pain. That led me to this book, and this app. Basically you can retrain your brain to stop creating pain signals on its own. I'm fully cured! I went from years of pain to literally never having my back hurt, no flare ups, nothing. I even sometimes do good mornings in the gym now! I would've bet a LOT of money I'd never do those again when my back still hurt. Anyway, just something to consider!

[Typhoon92]

4 hours ago, boogielicious said:

The PT specifically said that was a bad idea for this type of injury.

Oh wow…. Well I don’t even play a doctor on TV so….😁

[Carl3]

On 8/15/2025 at 8:14 AM, boogielicious said:

A little update. My SI joint issue has reappeared. It’s frustrating because I’ve continued doing the PT exercises consistently for 11 months. I’ve become much stronger in the area muscle-wise. The issue went away and then about 3 weeks ago showed up while playing. Seeing the Dr. next week. Not sure what is going on.

I had this a few years ago. Could barely walk 100 yards without needing to sit down. Went to a chiropractor for the first time and was pretty much back to normal after 3 visits. Have never been to on since. I had tried all sorts of exercises and contortions I saw on YouTube to no avail.

Take it easy and hope you find a remedy soon. PS, I though inversion would help and a friend had one of those contraptions. I got strapped in and tapped out within a second or two. Guys in our age bracket should stay away from those types of things🤣

[boogielicious]

I haven’t posted a video in quite a while (or practiced for that matter) due to some health issues. I was able to get a couple of down-the-line videos today at the range. Still have a bit of the same issues, but it’s playable while I work on the swing. I apologize for the construction noise.

I do notice my rehearsal swing has higher hands than my final swing. I’ll try to get some face on swings at my home setup in the near future.

 

 

[iacas]

Only two things I'd worry about a little right now (though this is without seeing face-on views… you know better!)

1. Stop extending the right knee so much.
2. Hands have to move a bit more aggressively "away" (from the target and ball), perhaps with some forearm twisting clockwise from your POV, to start the downswing.