Golf Wellness Englewood, NJ
in Englewood, NJ
in Englewood, NJ
Golf That Feels Good Again
Golf Wellness is a clinical-plus-performance model built for real golfers, not just perfect swings on video. Every plan starts with a TPI physical assessment that links how your body moves to how your swing behaves. From there, a TPI-certified clinician directs your plan: targeted massage and stretching (delivered by our massage therapists and stretchologists) to calm hot spots, focused physical therapy to build control and rotation, and—when the case calls for it—PRP or exosome injections for stubborn tendon or soft-tissue pain. We also coach the pieces most clinics skip: warm-ups you can do on the tee, recovery that fits a workweek, and small setup tweaks that stop feeding the same ache. Lessons and club fitting still matter; Golf Wellness makes your body capable of using them.
Led by our TPI-certified clinician, Golf Wellness at Comprehensive Wellness ties movement science to on-course performance in Englewood, NJ. Our program is founded by Dr. Gbolahan Okubadejo, an orthopedic surgeon with nearly two decades in musculoskeletal care. Poor swing mechanics can overload the shoulder, hip, knee, and spine in predictable ways; we evaluate those joints and treat the driver of the pain, not just the symptom.
Play Longer, Hurt Less
The win is twofold: you play with less pain and your swing holds up longer. Most players notice better hip and thoracic rotation, cleaner contact, and fewer “late-round” flare-ups. Consistency improves because the sequence that creates speed—pelvis, trunk, arms, club—stops breaking down on holes 14–18. Off the course, day-to-day life gets easier: walking 18 isn’t a negotiation, travel weeks don’t erase progress, and you know what to do when an old hot spot wakes up. Over time, that adds up to more rounds, tighter dispersion, and a body that can practice without paying for it.
Any Age, Any Handicap
If you love golf but your back, knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, or wrist keeps voting against you, this is your lane. It also works for players chasing distance or control without trading health to get there. Juniors get volume guardrails and movement foundations. Desk-bound adults undo the office before they touch a club. Players 55-plus keep rotation, protect the spine, and shore up balance so distance holds without risky workarounds.
Progress You Can Track
Golf Wellness blends movement science with medical care so your body can swing the way your coach wants. Every player starts with a TPI physical assessment. From there, a TPI-certified clinician directs a clear plan that can include targeted massage and stretching, focused physical therapy, and—when the tissue story calls for it—PRP or exosome injections. Lessons and club fitting still matter; we make your body the kind of machine that benefits from both. The result isn’t a one-off fix. It’s a way to play more golf with fewer flare-ups and more control over how you feel on the back nine.
Assess First, Then Swing
The first visit is where the dots connect. A Level 1 TPI screen looks at how you control your pelvis and torso, how your hips and thoracic spine rotate, how your ankles and feet stabilize, and how balance holds up when you move from address to impact. You’ll do things like a deep squat with the arms overhead, seated and standing rotation checks, single-leg balance, and simple patterning to see how the upper and lower halves work together. We pair those findings with a quick swing video so your plan ties back to ball flight, not just a table of range-of-motion numbers. We also screen the shoulder complex, hips, knees, and spine with the same TPI lens, so joint findings line up with what your swing is asking those areas to do. You’ll leave understanding which joints run out of room, which muscles overwork to compensate, and which habits keep feeding your pain.
Connect Body To Ball Flight
Swing faults have fingerprints. Reverse Spine Angle often comes with limited trail-hip or thoracic rotation and loves to irritate the low back. Early Extension shows up when pelvic control slips or when your setup leaves no space to rotate. Over-the-Top appears when the upper body jumps the gun at transition, and the lower half never sets the order. We translate each pattern into what the body needs: create space in the hips and mid-back, teach the core to resist twist when it should, and restore timing so the arms aren’t doing the job alone. You’ll see the link between the way you move and the way the ball flies—then you’ll have a plan to change both. When mechanics break, joints pay: Reverse Spine Angle often lights up the lumbar segments, limited hip rotation pushes stress into the knee, and loss of posture can sting the trail shoulder or elbow. We treat the joint and change the load that keeps provoking it.
Speed Without Strain
Great swings follow a chain. The pelvis starts, the trunk picks it up, the arms carry it, and the club finishes. Each link peaks in turn and passes speed down the line. When that order falls apart, speed dips and tissues take loads they can’t handle. We test where the chain breaks. Then we rebuild the ability to separate hips from trunk, trunk from arms, and arms from club. The goal is speed that doesn’t hurt and mechanics that hold up through an entire round—not just the warm-up bucket.
Clinician-Led, Golf-Specific
After the screen, your TPI-certified clinician maps the route. Many players start with hands-on sessions to calm hot spots and restore motion where the swing keeps hitting a wall—hips, thoracic spine, shoulders, forearms. Our massage therapists and stretchologists keep tissues compliant and flexibility gains active so that each session can build on the last. Physical therapy builds the patterns that hold: glute sequencing so the lower body leads, scapular rhythm so the trail shoulder moves without pinching, anti-rotation core so the midsection controls force instead of absorbing it. If a tendon or soft-tissue problem refuses to settle, we’ll discuss PRP or exosome injections and set a phased return that respects healing timelines. The whole plan lives next to your golf calendar. Practice volume, round counts, and travel weeks get built in from day one.
A Warm-Up You’ll Actually Use
You’ll get two simple flows: a quick tee-box sequence for days when the starter is already eyeing your group, and a longer range routine for practice days. Both open the hips and mid-back, wake up the glutes and core, and prep grip and forearms without gimmicks. After the round, we reset what tightens during play and give you clear guardrails for sleep, fluids, and next-day movement so soreness doesn’t snowball into a week off. On heavy practice weeks, we’ll slot massage or stretch sessions to keep tissues moving so volume doesn’t turn into pain.
Built For Every Stage
Juniors need movement foundations and volume caps that respect growth. Desk-heavy adults need an antidote for long commutes and laptop shoulders, plus a sane path to speed. Players in their late fifties and beyond get a plan that holds distance while protecting the back and improving balance. The goal shifts a bit at each stage, but the method stays consistent: test, treat, train, and adjust around real life.
The Usual Suspects
Low back pain leads the charts, followed by lead-knee overload, lead-hip pinch, trail-shoulder irritation, golfer’s elbow, and wrist or thumb strain—each tied to swing patterns we can test and change. We don’t chase symptoms. We unload the tissue, fix the driver, and then rebuild swing speed with patterns that hold up on the course. If your pain shows late in the round, we look at fatigue, hydration, pacing, and setup drift—not only mechanics on the first tee.
Know The Checkpoints
Most players feel motion improves during the first two weeks as irritation cools. Weeks three through six bring visible gains in rotation and more consistent contact. By weeks six through twelve, speed returns in a way that doesn’t poke the same sore spots. We track simple markers—hip and thoracic rotation, single-leg balance time, dispersion, carry, and how you feel on holes 15 through 18—so progress isn’t a guess.
Bring your clubs and shoes. If you have swing clips on your phone, bring the last three. Any prior imaging or reports help us connect past issues to today’s swing. If time allows, we capture a fresh swing on a range or simulator so your plan starts anchored to how you move this week, not last season.
You’ll see everything up front: the TPI assessment, a block of hands-on and PT sessions, and any costs tied to biologic injections if your case calls for them. Many players use HSA or FSA funds for parts of care. We’ll outline options before you commit so your plan and your budget move in the same direction.
If your exam suggests a structural issue that needs imaging, red-flag nerve signs, or pain that doesn’t match the mechanics we see, we send you to the right specialist. The fastest way back to golf is the right diagnosis and a plan built around it.
Plenty of places teach the swing or fit a driver. We fix the body that swings the driver—using a named TPI screen, clinician-led care, hands-on work, focused therapy, and a plan that respects your coach’s work and your round schedule. It’s clinical where it should be, golf-specific where it counts, and built around one simple promise: more golf, less pain.
No. TPI screens how your body moves and where it runs out of room. We use those results to guide treatment, then coordinate with your coach so the swing changes take hold.
Often, yes. Many back-pain patterns are tied to Reverse Spine Angle or Early Extension. We restore hip and mid-back motion, improve core control, adjust setup, and build a swing that spares the lumbar spine.
No. We want your coach involved. Small setup changes and dose control let you keep learning while your body builds capacity.
That depends on the tissue we treat. We use a phased return tied to pain, function, and movement quality—not a calendar date.
We’ll give you a fast tee-box sequence and a longer range routine, both tailored to your screen. The goal is fewer rough starts and more swings that feel the same from hole one to eighteen.
The framework stays the same, but volume, drills, and goals shift for growth and schedule. Parents get clear guidance on practice loads and play frequency.
