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Welcome!
Simon Clement, Osteopath
"For over twenty years we've offered comprehensive osteopathic treatment for a wide range of joint and muscle symptoms.
Patients on the Mornington Peninsula are assured of professional treatment from our qualified and caring osteopaths. Have a look around the site and learn a little about us, the practice and osteopathy and please get in contact if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you."
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As from 2010 we are delighted to be able to announce that Mornington Osteopathy will be consulting on Mondays and Thursdays at The Sports Injury Clinic in Frankston at 361 Nepean Highway.
TSIC has a well deserved reputation as the place to go for manual therapy treatment in Frankston and will offer our patients access to much better facilities. We will have access to specialist medical practitioners, gym classes and with over 1,000 patients a week passing through the doors we also feel it’s a great way to provide osteopathic treatment to a ever wider range of people.
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Golf anyone?
Miles James has spent many years playing golf and using his osteopathic skills to help golfers make the most of their imperfections and produce a repeatable and efficient swing
The accepted key to distance is a wide swing arc and a full shoulder turn in both back and down swing.
Unfortunately the “shoulder turn” is a bit of a misnomer. A full swing is quite possible with quite limited shoulder joint movement. The main provider of width and power is the ability of the spine to rotate to allow the shoulder girdles and rib cage to get out of the way in both the back swing and down swing past the ball.
The way we are built means that our relatively rigid rib cage limits trunk rotation in the upper part of our thorax so any rotation we do comes mainly from the lower thoracic and upper lumbar spine. Unfortunately a number of spinal conditions affect this area limiting movement. Osteopathic treatment to improve function at these levels can often quickly help in the production of a full and comfortable turn.
The other side effect of getting better in these key areas is the cutting down of rotary strain in the lower lumbar spine where the all too common “golfers back “ occurs.
The lower part of the body offers resistance to the coiling of the upper body both in back swing and down swing. Here the important factors are good muscular control of lower spine and pelvis and a stable but dynamic base of support in the legs. again treatment and postural advice is an all important part of making the swing powerful and repeatable.
Good posture may not seem too relevant to the golf swing but look at the golfers around you. Do you recognise any of your playing mates who have a hunched posture, full of tension, whose back swing is an upright chop and downswing is a blur. Their facial expression is painful even after a reasonable shot.
Try it for your self. Take up your address position, round your back then push your chin down and forward. Now try and make a back swing !
We understand posture – a few simple adjustments to will make your golf lessons produce much better results.
So whilst we all know that golf is a game never to be mastered a combination of Osteopathic expertise on your body mechanics, golf expertise on your strategy and practice practice practice will make your game better all round.
Miles James