Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
If you’re a golfer experiencing chronic pain or numbness in your shoulders, elbows or wrists, be sure to seek out a TPI Certified rehab professional who can help evaluate if the neck is the potential root cause.
Trauma in the cervical spine such as a disc herniations can irritate the bundle of nerves which control the hand, arm and shoulder, resulting in pain, numbness or even loss of mobility or strength.
Think of your neck as the fuse box and your upper extremities as power outlets.
If an outlet in your home isn’t working, you wouldn’t rip open the wall before first checking the breaker.
Rather than just trying to treat the symptom, refer to a practitioner who can assess the neck as a potential cause. mytpi.com/experts
If you’re a rehab professional interested in learning more about common mechanisms for injury in golf and how to treat/identify them, check out our advanced Medical courses. mytpi.com/certification/medical-level-2
If you’re a golfer experiencing chronic pain or numbness in your shoulders, elbows or wrists, be sure to seek out a TPI Certified rehab professional who can help evaluate if the neck is the potential root cause.
Trauma in the cervical spine such as a disc herniations can irritate the bundle of nerves which control the hand, arm and shoulder, resulting in pain, numbness or even loss of mobility or strength.
Think of your neck as the fuse box and your upper extremities as power outlets.
If an outlet in your home isn’t working, you wouldn’t rip open the wall before first checking the breaker.
Rather than just trying to treat the symptom, refer to a practitioner who can assess the neck as a potential cause. mytpi.com/experts
If you’re a rehab professional interested in learning more about common mechanisms for injury in golf and how to treat/identify them, check out our advanced Medical courses. mytpi.com/certification/medical-level-2
