Chris Wickel Orthopedic Golf Specialist

Chris Wickel Orthopedic Golf Specialist I help golfers over 40 hurt less and stay strong so they can golf more. All coaching is delivered virtually.

My coaching blends movement testing, swing analysis, and personalized training to help you play with confidence and enjoy the game for decades.

06/18/2026

Father's Day is coming, and most golf gifts are another polo, more balls, or a gadget he doesn’t need. But if your dad's body is starting to limit how well or how often he plays, none of that actually helps.
The better gift is helping him move better and keep playing the game he loves, for many years. Some of the best time we get with our dads is on the course, and the goal is to keep it that way. I work with golfers over 40 to reduce pain and build the body that supports their swing, starting with a full assessment so we know exactly what is going on. If you are thinking about something different this year, I’d love to help. Reach out or visit another18golf.com

06/15/2026

You see the slide and try to fix the slide.
But most of the time, the slide is the compensation, not the problem.
If you can’t rotate into your lead hip, your body has to move somewhere to create the turn, and sliding is the easiest way to do it.
That’s why it keeps happening, even when you know what you’re supposed to do.
And over time, that’s what starts to show up as the inconsistency, the tightness, or the feeling that your body just can’t keep up.
Build the rotation that hip is missing, and the slide becomes something you can actually train.
That’s the difference between working around it… and fixing the cause.
another18golf.com

06/11/2026

If you lose your posture during the swing, it’s easy to treat it like a swing flaw and try to “stay in the shot.”
But most of the time, the cause is physical.
And it’s rarely just one thing.
Holding your posture takes a few things working together:
enough hip and ankle mobility to get into position,
enough separation to turn without pulling yourself out of it,
and enough strength to hold it once the swing speeds up.
The quick check is the squat.
If you can’t get all the way down, something is limited, and that shows up the moment you try to hold posture under speed.
But here’s where most golfers get stuck:
the same lost posture in two golfers can come from completely different causes.
One needs mobility.
One needs stability.
That’s why generic drills miss.
Find what's actually driving yours, build that, and holding your posture becomes something you can actually train.
That's the difference between guessing and actually fixing it.
another18golf.com

06/10/2026

My favorite part of this work isn’t getting someone pain free. It’s helping them get back to the things they love without constantly worrying about their body.

Dave has dealt with chronic low back pain for years, including injections and ablations that never provided lasting relief. He’s an avid golfer and grandfather who came to me wanting to keep playing, move better, and stay active with his grandkids.
Over the past few months, he’s played five rounds in three days at Kiawah, competed in a three-day member guest tournament, and told me that even simple things like putting a tee in the ground or getting up off the floor are easier than they used to be.
We didn’t chase aggressive workouts or quick fixes. We built better movement, smarter strength, and a body that can handle the demands of the golf and life he actually wants to live.
His story is the whole point: not eliminating every ache, but doing more, worrying less, and enjoying the game again.

06/09/2026

If you feel like you've maxed out your turn no matter how hard you try, the limit isn't always your mid-back.

Many golfers spend months stretching midback rotation and see very little change because the restriction is actually coming from the shoulder and lat complex.

If you can't get your arms overhead without compensating, your body may never access the rotation you're trying to create.

Improve the shoulder and lat mobility first, and the turn you've been chasing often shows up with much less effort.

That's the difference between stretching randomly and finding the actual limiter.

06/08/2026

If a single round leaves you sore for two days, it’s easy to blame age. Usually that’s not it.
Your body just doesn’t currently have what it needs to handle the demand, so it breaks down and takes days to bounce back.
That’s not permanent. It’s something you can build.
When you improve the strength and mobility your body actually needs, the round stops costing you the next two days.
That’s the difference between managing decline and doing something about it. Link in bio for a great place to start.

06/05/2026

You keep standing up out of your posture in the downswing, and no amount of trying to stay down fixes it for more than a swing or two.

That is usually not a flaw you can think your way out of. When your hips can’t hold the position under load, your body stands up to find the room it needs, and the swing thought never wins that fight. The same hip limitation often shows up as tightness or soreness too, which is why this is rarely just a swing issue.

It is fixable once you build the mobility and control to actually hold the posture, so you move better and keep playing the game you love. another18golf.com

06/04/2026

You take the lesson, you feel the change on the range, then a few holes in your old swing is back.
That is usually not a focus or talent problem. Your instructor is giving you the right technique, but if your body physically cannot execute and repeat the movement, it will not transfer.
It’s frustrating when your body limits the game you love… and sometimes that’s also where things start to feel tight or off.
The fix is building the mobility and control underneath the swing so the lesson finally holds. If you want a good place to start, go.another18golf.com

06/02/2026

This golfer came in with hip pain that was limiting how often he could play. He'd just put a simulator in his home and couldn't use it the way he wanted to.

After assessment we found limited hip internal rotation and flexion, pain with loading, and weak lateral hip strength. That combination was driving both the pain and the swing pattern.

We improved hip mobility, flexibility, and posterolateral hip strength. Added a few movement drills to help him learn to use what he'd built. No swing instruction. No swing coach. Just addressing what his body couldn't do.

The swing changed because the body changed. That's how this works.

If your body is limiting how often or how well you play, that's exactly the conversation I'd like to have.
Visit another18golf.com or schedule a free call. Link in bio.

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