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A client of mine has been an avid golfer for years, but one morning he confessed to me that he’d been finding his swing lacked the grace and power it used to have. “It can’t just be because I’m getting older,” he mused. “There must be a different reason – and there must be something I can do about it!” Without wanting to step on that potential landmine by commenting on the fact that he was getting older, I explained about the importance of the oblique muscles and how it might help to incorporate some stretching through the side of the body to keep the torso supple and fluid as he swung his golf club. As with most people, he had a vague sense of what these muscles are, but lacked a clear understanding of their function for the core. Once we discussed the obliques and had him find the muscles on his body, he agreed that they needed some attention!

I had him start practicing the Boomerang pose, posted below, and called it his “Golf Flexibility Exercise.” You can also find in the Yoga Tune Up® Quick Fix for Lower Back here. After only a few times doing the pose, he reported that his swing felt smoother and that connecting with the ball was easier. Landmine successfully avoided!