Stop Guessing. Start Driving.
Your swing isn’t broken — your body is. And that’s the good news. Because bodies can be fixed.
Every golfer has felt it: that frustrating plateau. You’re taking lessons, buying new equipment, watching swing videos at midnight, and still losing distance off the tee, still fighting that slice, still walking off the 18th in pain. The problem isn’t your swing. It’s what your body is and isn’t able to do.
The Titleist Performance Institute discovered something that changed golf forever: there is no single “perfect” swing. The best swing for you is the one your body can actually execute. That means if you have limited hip rotation, your swing will compensate. If your thoracic spine is stiff, your swing will compensate. And those compensations? That’s where distance dies, and injuries are born.
At Empower U Performance Physical Therapy in Omaha, we’ve brought TPI-certified assessment and treatment to golfers who are tired of treating the symptom and ready to fix the source.
What Is TPI — And Why Does It Matter for Your Game?
The Titleist Performance Institute is the world’s leading educational organization dedicated to studying how the human body functions in relation to the golf swing. Since 2003, TPI has studied thousands of golfers — from touring professionals to weekend warriors — and built the gold standard in golf fitness and injury assessment.
TPI-certified providers use a comprehensive physical screening process to identify movement limitations and connect them directly to swing characteristics. The result isn’t a generic training plan. It’s a roadmap that goes from your body to your game.
At Empower U, our TPI-certified therapist doesn’t just treat pain — they understand exactly why that pain is wrecking your golf game, and what to do about it.
If Any of This Sounds Familiar, We Need to Talk
These aren’t swing flaws. They’re body problems wearing a golf mask.
You’re losing distance year over year. If you’re shorter off the tee than you were a few seasons ago, decreased mobility and power transfer are likely the culprit — not your equipment.
Your low back aches after every round. Low back pain is the number one golf injury. In most cases, it’s caused by limited hip mobility forcing the lumbar spine to compensate. It’s a completely fixable problem — if you treat the right thing.
You can’t shake that slice. Many slices are caused by limited thoracic rotation. Your body literally cannot get into the positions your swing coach is describing. Fix the body, and the slice often fixes itself.
You’re inconsistent round to round. If some days feel dialed in and others feel completely foreign, it’s often a stability issue. When your body can’t reliably get into position, your swing can’t be reliable either.
You’ve got nagging elbow, wrist, or shoulder pain. Upper extremity pain in golfers almost always traces back upstream — tight lats, limited hip turn, and poor power sequencing force the arms to do what the big muscles should be handling.
You can’t get through a full season. If you’re managing symptoms just to get through rounds instead of actually playing your best golf, you’re not treating the problem. You’re postponing it.
What Happens When You Come In
No guesswork. No cookie-cutter programs. Here’s exactly what to expect.
Step 1 — TPI Physical Screen: Alex runs you through the full TPI movement assessment — mobility, stability, power sequencing, and movement patterns — all tied directly to how your body performs in a golf swing. This is the foundation on which everything else is built.
Step 2 — Swing Fault Mapping: Your screen results are mapped against TPI’s known body-swing connections. We identify which swing faults are being driven by your physical limitations — and which are genuinely technique issues to work on with your instructor.
Step 3 — Performance-Based Treatment Plan: Alex builds your program around your golf calendar, not a generic timeline. Depending on what the screen reveals, your plan may include manual therapy, corrective exercise, mobility work, strength training, and sport-specific conditioning.
Step 4 — Progress and Performance Tracking: We re-screen you at key intervals to measure actual physical change. If you work with a swing instructor, we’re happy to communicate with them — because what happens in the clinic should show up on the course.
This Isn’t Just for Tour Players
TPI-based performance work is for every golfer who wants more from their game.
The competitive player who’s already good and wants to find the physical limiters keeping them from being great. The weekend warrior who loves the game and wants to play it for decades without breaking down. The golfer coming back from injury wants to return better than they were before it happened. The distance chaser who knows real yards comes from sequencing and hip-shoulder separation, not a new driver. The senior golfer who refuses to accept that losing flexibility and distance is just “part of getting older.”
If golf matters to you, investing in your body is the smartest equipment upgrade you’ll ever make. No handicap required.
Meet Alex Trautman, PT, DPT, CEP, TPI-L2, CSCS
Nebraska Clinic Director | Performance Physical Therapist | Functional Fitness Specialist
Alex Trautman isn’t just a physical therapist who happens to know golf — he’s a Performance Physical Therapist with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist credential who has specifically earned TPI certification to bridge the gap between clinical rehab and elite golf performance. That combination is rare in Omaha.
It means every golfer who works with Alex gets something genuinely hard to find: doctorate-level clinical expertise applied through a golf-specific lens. His background as a Certified Exercise Physiologist means he understands energy systems, movement patterning, and how training load affects your game across an entire season — not just how to get you out of pain before your next tee time.
Alex works with golfers of every level — competitive juniors, scratch players, and weekend warriors — with one shared goal: get more out of your body, get more out of your game, and feel good doing it.
Ready to Play Your Best Golf?
Your game has more in it. Let’s find out what’s been holding it back — and build a plan to unlock it.
Book your Golf Performance Assessment with Alex today at Empower U Performance Physical Therapy in Omaha.