Basic Training On-Line Seminar This comprehensive course offers important information on the causation and treatment of golf injuries. Dr. Blanchard has combined his unique practitioner expertise (28 years in private practice) with his actual play experience as a competitive golf professional (career low round of 62) to offer you a more complete understanding of taking care of students who play golf. The course includes excerpts from Dr. Blanchard’s textbook, The PGA Professionals' Golf Injury Desk Reference and has been designed to help you link swing mechanics to injuries in an effort to help identify if a student is at risk of injury before they even hit a golf ball. Dr. Blanchard (center) working with PGA instructors at a recent seminar workshop This course is designed to teach you everything you need to know. The following is a summary of topics covered in Basic Training: The Anatomy of a Golf Injury: There area reported 20 million golf injuries every year! Learn the mechanism behind the most common golf injuries and learn how you can educate your students to play injury-free. New Student Examination: There are 14 areas of the body that require golf-specific conditioning. You will need to know the areas, know how each area relates to the golf swing, know how to examine the area and understand treatment protocols should your students fail any part of the examination. Golf Posture: To avoid injury, golf requires specific balance and stability that is directly related to the student's posture. You will learn how to identify postural instability and understand correction protocols for posture that is golf-specific. Swing Analysis: Most students who become injured playing golf have put themselves at risk of injury based on how they repeatedly swing the club around their body. They are out of position. You will learn to identify the correct positions and if your patient’s are at risk of injury before they ever hit the ball. The Basic Training course includes over 150 photos and illustrations, 15 different QuickTime Movies and audio voice-overs from the author. This course includes an exam. A passing score of 85% or better is required before you would be eligible to attend the live 3 day seminar. Your Basic Training will take approximately 6-hours to complete. This course might be eligible for approved CEU’s, please contact your local PGA for details. Fee: $99

The PGA Instructors' Golf Injury Desk Reference The first of its kind! The first of its kind! An essential new book for all teaching professionals,this comprehensive text offers important information on the golf injuries and golf fitness. Dr. Blanchard combines his unique practitioner expertise with his actual play experience as a competitive golf professional to offer readers a more complete understanding of teaching students who love to play golf. The PGA Instructors’s Golf Injury Desk Reference is designed to help instructors link swing mechanics to injuries to help identify the root cause of an injury and to help identify if students are at risk of injury before they even hit a golf ball. The material is presented in a concise and clear manner, with visual aides, objective chapter openers and summaries on what the reader should learn, as well as examples, boxed articles, and case studies to help illustrate the chapter concepts. This book helps teach readers how to perform a 14-point physical assessment on golf fitness and a 3-point swing mechanics analysis, and includes correction protocols for any failed examination findings. The text also includes practical training technology from the PGA, LPGA, and Champions Tour for golf fitness and conditioning for "well patients" looking to improve their game. ORDER NOW Price: $42.95 US Are You Fit For Golf? Most golf related injuries are caused by lack of golf-specific flexibility combined with unstable posture. There are 14 areas of the body that must be conditioned to prevent injury and play better golf. Price: FREE DOWNLOAD Swing Light Trainer The Swing Light Trainer is a lightweight swing training device that allows golfers to see and understand their golf swing plane as they swing their own clubs. No attachment required, just use this tool with your own club and you're ready to practice. ORDER NOW Price: $70.00 US Power Meter Power Meter is a golf power meter that attaches to any club in your bag to instantly and accurately read your club head speed so that you can increase your swing power and swing speed. Get instant feedback while improving consistency and control so that you hit longer and straighter! ORDER NOW Price: $89.00 US