What can a golf movement screen tell you?

What a screen looks at

A movement screen is a structured way to notice limitations, not a pass or fail grade for your golf game.

Mobility

How comfortably your joints and trunk move through the positions being checked.

Balance and control

How you manage position and movement during the tasks.

Your priorities

Which findings matter to your goals, and what should be assessed further.

Where TPI fits

TPI, the Titleist Performance Institute, teaches the relationship between a golfer's physical capabilities and golf movement. Its Level 1 education includes a physical movement screen. Brady Flynn, PT, DPT, is TPI Certified Level 1.

A certification alone does not tell you whether an exercise or treatment is appropriate for you. Your symptoms, goals, and assessment findings guide that decision.

Rehabilitation and performance are different services

TPI-informed physical therapy is medical care for golf-related pain, injury or movement restrictions in areas such as the shoulder, hip, knee or spine. Medically necessary physical therapy with a qualifying diagnosis may be eligible for insurance reimbursement and HSA or FSA use, subject to your plan rules. You do not need an existing diagnosis to contact us; an evaluation helps determine what care is appropriate. Eligibility and reimbursement are not guaranteed. Most of our clients do use their insurance for reimbursement of our physical therapy services. We go over everything in the discovery meeting.

Golf-performance TPI is a separate, nonmedical service for golfers working on movement and physical preparation. It is generally not eligible for physical therapy insurance reimbursement. HSA or FSA use is only possible if the service is eligible under your plan rules and you have any required medical documentation. A TPI credential or a movement screen alone does not make a performance service eligible.

What to ask before you book

Ask whether the recommended service is medical physical therapy or nonmedical golf performance, what it includes, how findings will guide the plan and what it costs. A screen is not automatically an insurance-reimbursable physical therapy evaluation.

Ask about your starting point

Tell us whether you have pain, are returning after injury or want to work on movement without an injury.

Keep your golf professional involved

Physical preparation complements lessons. It does not replace instruction on golf technique.

Make the plan practical

Choose a manageable next step and a way to reassess it. More exercises are not always better.

Common questions about golf movement screens