Sports Chiropractor Who Sponsors Alex Geisinger

[Barefoot744]

Thanks for the tips already but I would be very interested in some videos about form and ways to prevent future injuries. Elbow and knee issues would be my request.

I currently struggle with golf elbow and wear the arm brace for every round now and at work when I'm doing anything physical. It really does work well for those of you out there having similar elbow pain! $15, I mean how can you go wrong?

Played in the Mad City Open last weekend and watched the final 9. Wow it was amazing to see Alex throw in person. Unbelievable power and control.

Thank you for sponsoring and supporting disc golf!

 

[Thrillogy]

Pre-round warm up routines/stretches would be awesome. I tweaked my back yesterday during a round and feeling it today:wall:

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

Thanks for the tips already but I would be very interested in some videos about form and ways to prevent future injuries. Elbow and knee issues would be my request.

I currently struggle with golf elbow and wear the arm brace for every round now and at work when I'm doing anything physical. It really does work well for those of you out there having similar elbow pain! $15, I mean how can you go wrong?

Played in the Mad City Open last weekend and watched the final 9. Wow it was amazing to see Alex throw in person. Unbelievable power and control.

Thank you for sponsoring and supporting disc golf!

It's our pleasure supporting disc golf, we'd love to see the sport keep growing! We're actually about a mile away from a middle school with a pretty challenging disc golf course so we're trying to put on some youth clinics with Alex every year too. Although, I was joking around with Alex that the only reason we sponsored him was so we could actually play a round on the same card as him for once!

Golf elbow, so is yours more on the inside of your forearm? Throw a lot of forehands? Follow-through is going to be a huge factor for you if that's the case. That's usually a pretty big reason for knee issues too, just follow through and proper weight transfer/rotation.

I'm leaning towards either doing one long video breaking down the impact of proper form on elbow, shoulder, knee, and back injuries or doing a shorter video on each topic. Doing one video would be nice since everything is connected and one form flaw can impact multiple body parts, but I think shorter videos would be easier to take in and people might like that better. I suppose we could just re-use the same form videos for multiple injury videos. Thoughts on that at all?

 

[Mocheez]

I would lean towards shorter videos.

What kind of bag do you carry? Do you recommend a cart to reduce stress on the back/shoulders?

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

Pre-round warm up routines/stretches would be awesome. I tweaked my back yesterday during a round and feeling it today:wall:

I think we'll for sure be doing a warmup/cooldown video. Stretch your back out now and alternate heat and ice to act as a pump to get more circulation through there. Ice for 20 minutes, break for 20 minutes, heat for 20 minutes, break for 20 minutes. Repeat as necessary. Ice helps get rid of inflammation/swelling and heat helps get more bloodflow with new nutrients for healing and rebuilding muscle etc. You'll be back on the course in no time :thmbup:

 

[notroman]

Hey notroman,

Sounds like you've had that muscle checked out already but gotta put the disclaimer in here
***internet advice is no substitute for a proper examination with a medical professional***

The Piriformis is actually a very common disc golf injury! It's a lateral/external rotator of the hip (think how your foot/leg rotates outward during the follow through on a backhand throw) and many players injure it during the bracing or plant portion of the throw. My suspicion is that your timing and follow through is just a little bit off and its been causing extra wear and tear on that muscle throughout the many years you've been playing. You have any form videos that you've uploaded at all?

I assume you've been doing a modified pigeon pose to stretch it? A couple of other things you can do are make sure you don't keep your wallet in your back pocket and try sitting on a tennis/lacrosse/racquetball and rolling around on the tight muscle to work out some of the tension. It'll hurt while you're working it out but it'll be better in the long run. A deep tissue massage could also be really beneficial just to have someone really dig in and work out that muscle. Make sure to ask for a therapeutic massage though and not just a relaxation/feel good massage.

Fun fact about the Piriformis - in about 20% of people, the Sciatic nerve runs through the muscle instead of underneath it. Those people tend to get a lot of sciatica type pain from that muscle being tight and can fix their sciatica by working on that muscle too.

I have not had anything checked out. Took a bit of Google searching to find the culprit. I knew exactly which muscle it was so it wasn't hard to look at some muscle diagrams to pinpoint it then do additional research.

I don't have any videos of me throwing, but I can take some. It's definitely a timing issue, but a very specific one. When I'm hitting the disc well, I can throw all day without pain. When my timing is WAY off, I can also throw all day without pain (except for mental anguish). The Piriformis gets irritated on those days when I'm just a little off - usually when I try to really focus on getting the disc in the power pocket before opening my hips. I have a feeling I may just be over-loading the hips and opening them too late. This is all just pure speculation and obviously video would tell more.

 

[MHaas]

Thanks for doing this, I too am very interested in pre-round warm up/stretching routines, as well as proper form and technique.

I dealt with an injury last summer that sidelined me for about 9 months. According to the sports med guy I went to it was tendonosis of the distal biceps resulting from repetitive stress. I've since played with a compression sleeve on my throwing arm, and generally am playing less (which is a bummer). Anything related to that area to prevent future injury and maybe allow me to pick up the pace again would definitely be of interest.

 

[SonicGuy]

I don't really want anything from you, I don't believe in chiroquackters, but thank you for being a disc golf sponsor!

 

[DiscinFiend]

Just wanna say it was fun watching Alex crush the back back 9 at Token in the MCO final 9 (22). He was out-driving everyone else by 100' on some holes.

Agreed, he threw the same green Star Destroyer on most of his tee shots. He can crush for sure. His run up is slow & smooth.

 

[ru4por]

Hate to be the cynical guy, but I will. I certainly appreciate the disclaimer/advisory at the beginning of your responses, Jeremy. I am a RN and a general proponent of the field of Chiropractic Medicine. I am sure you are advocating general health and holistic treatment of any of the concerns proposed here, but I will express my concern that advice here could be taken without due diligence on the advisees part. I also will express concern for advice given outside the scope of your field and practice. Much like I would caution a Cardiologist to refrain from dispensing Pulmonary advice, I too would caution you and the general DGCR population to continue to follow up with other appropriate healthcare professionals as needed, particularly for injury. I have zero doubt that you have nothing but the best intentions, and have clearly demonstrated that you are well qualified to answer many of the questions posed here. I would like to thank you for your free service, obviously given in the name of the love for our game, and apologize for the public service announcement. I look forward to seeing some of your preventative videos.

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

I would lean towards shorter videos.

What kind of bag do you carry? Do you recommend a cart to reduce stress on the back/shoulders?

My wife got me a yellow camouflage Innova HeroPack backpack for Father's Day last year or the year before, I can't remember when it came out. It was a nice, thoughtful gift to get a backpack as a present and I'm actually quite pleasantly surprised with how well it has held up. It's a solid bag for the price point. I only get out once or twice a week these days with kids and everything else so it doesn't have to endure too much wear and tear. Holds enough discs and has plenty of space for water/Gatorade/beverage of choice.

A lot of people tell me they love their carts and have more energy through the multi-day tournaments, so I'd say they can definitely be a back saver. I've never used one myself but the biggest draw for me is it doubles as a stool and you don't have to carry as much stuff around. Having a place to sit down and take breaks throughout the day can be a huge help. Just like with anything else though, balance is the key. Switch which hand your pushing or pulling with and balance out the stress on your body.
(Insert opportunity for cart manufacturer to pay me to endorse their product here)

 

[Thrillogy]

I think we'll for sure be doing a warmup/cooldown video. Stretch your back out now and alternate heat and ice to act as a pump to get more circulation through there. Ice for 20 minutes, break for 20 minutes, heat for 20 minutes, break for 20 minutes. Repeat as necessary. Ice helps get rid of inflammation/swelling and heat helps get more bloodflow with new nutrients for healing and rebuilding muscle etc. You'll be back on the course in no time :thmbup:

Thank you very much for the information,and I look forward to those videos.

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

Thanks for doing this, I too am very interested in pre-round warm up/stretching routines, as well as proper form and technique.

I dealt with an injury last summer that sidelined me for about 9 months. According to the sports med guy I went to it was tendonosis of the distal biceps resulting from repetitive stress. I've since played with a compression sleeve on my throwing arm, and generally am playing less (which is a bummer). Anything related to that area to prevent future injury and maybe allow me to pick up the pace again would definitely be of interest.

Follow up with your sports med guy at all? Keep doing any home exercises/care they gave you even after pain is gone. It's human nature to stop actively working at something once it's no longer causing pain.

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

Hate to be the cynical guy, but I will. I certainly appreciate the disclaimer/advisory at the beginning of your responses, Jeremy. I am a RN and a general proponent of the field of Chiropractic Medicine. I am sure you are advocating general health and holistic treatment of any of the concerns proposed here, but I will express my concern that advice here could be taken without due diligence on the advisees part. I also will express concern for advice given outside the scope of your field and practice. Much like I would caution a Cardiologist to refrain from dispensing Pulmonary advice, I too would caution you and the general DGCR population to continue to follow up with other appropriate healthcare professionals as needed, particularly for injury. I have zero doubt that you have nothing but the best intentions, and have clearly demonstrated that you are well qualified to answer many of the questions posed here. I would like to thank you for your free service, obviously given in the name of the love for our game, and apologize for the public service announcement. I look forward to seeing some of your preventative videos.

Appreciate the post! We're pretty evidence based and lean more towards a combination of chiropractic care and physical therapy. Long term results are always going to be the result of diligence with home exercises and self-care. Similar to Dentistry, you see a Dentist twice a year for cleanings but 99% of the health of your teeth & gums is what you do at home to care for yourself.

It's always hard on the internet to find that balance of wanting to help people out without giving out specific advice. I should just copy & paste something that says "see a qualified medical professional if you have concerns." Maybe I'll just add that to my signature?

 

[Doctor Disc Golf]

I don't really want anything from you, I don't believe in chiroquackters, but thank you for being a disc golf sponsor!

Happy to help the sport! :thmbup:

 

[notroman]

You have any form videos that you've uploaded at all?

I just remembered I was goofing around with friends yesterday afternoon and did take one video of me throwing. We were trying to do a little MTA so the throw itself was different than a typical golf shot. The overall body alignment for this throw would be different than what it would be on the course but the mechanics should still be consistent with my typical throw... I'll share it here in case there is anything glaringly obvious from watching this little clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0y9dLI0Exk

As for the sciatic nerve, I did read about that as well. A good friend of mine actually has that problem. He started feeling pain in his leg about a year and a half ago and it has progressively gotten worse. It has caused him to basically stop playing disc golf while he tries to do stretching/strengthening exercises. He has seen a specialist but there's not much they can do other than suggest physical therapy. So far he's not seeing much improvement. Some days he wakes up in pain. I hope this is something that he can work on since he is a good player and it sucks seeing him take so much time off from a game he loves.

 

[frasnow]

Hate to be the cynical guy, but I will. I certainly appreciate the disclaimer/advisory at the beginning of your responses, Jeremy. I am a RN and a general proponent of the field of Chiropractic Medicine. I am sure you are advocating general health and holistic treatment of any of the concerns proposed here, but I will express my concern that advice here could be taken without due diligence on the advisees part. I also will express concern for advice given outside the scope of your field and practice. Much like I would caution a Cardiologist to refrain from dispensing Pulmonary advice, I too would caution you and the general DGCR population to continue to follow up with other appropriate healthcare professionals as needed, particularly for injury. I have zero doubt that you have nothing but the best intentions, and have clearly demonstrated that you are well qualified to answer many of the questions posed here. I would like to thank you for your free service, obviously given in the name of the love for our game, and apologize for the public service announcement. I look forward to seeing some of your preventative videos.

I sense the risk of a malpractice suit.

As for many forms of alternative medicine, not quite, but pretty close.

 

[sidewinder22]

I just remembered I was goofing around with friends yesterday afternoon and did take one video of me throwing. We were trying to do a little MTA so the throw itself was different than a typical golf shot. The overall body alignment for this throw would be different than what it would be on the course but the mechanics should still be consistent with my typical throw... I'll share it here in case there is anything glaringly obvious from watching this little clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0y9dLI0Exk

As for the sciatic nerve, I did read about that as well. A good friend of mine actually has that problem. He started feeling pain in his leg about a year and a half ago and it has progressively gotten worse. It has caused him to basically stop playing disc golf while he tries to do stretching/strengthening exercises. He has seen a specialist but there's not much they can do other than suggest physical therapy. So far he's not seeing much improvement. Some days he wakes up in pain. I hope this is something that he can work on since he is a good player and it sucks seeing him take so much time off from a game he loves.

Weightshift/balance issue coming through starting from x-step. Your head/shoulder is leading your stride instead of your hip/butt/weight. Note where your head is looking while on the rear foot - looking down and back. Look up and forward on this step which will help you balance on the rear foot moving forward and turn back later.

First pic is of Rob McLeod in MTA.

 

[notroman]

Thanks. I have had this problem for a long time and haven't spent too much time to correct it yet. I self-diagnosed it this past winter just breaking down my x-step one step at a time and I noticed I started my reach back (and therefore turned my head) as my rear foot planted forward, instead of as it's moving back while I plant. It's a hard habit to break and definitely affects other timing.

 

[Siiimmons]

Appreciate the post! We're pretty evidence based and lean more towards a combination of chiropractic care and physical therapy. Long term results are always going to be the result of diligence with home exercises and self-care. Similar to Dentistry, you see a Dentist twice a year for cleanings but 99% of the health of your teeth & gums is what you do at home to care for

You cant say you do "physical therapy" without having a physical therapist on the staff.