Improving your golf game isn’t always just about changing your swing. Mobility, strength, stability and the way your body moves can all influence your performance on the course.
That’s why Elite Performance Therapy and PGA golf professional James Heath are working together, combining specialist sports therapy and physical performance assessment with professional golf coaching.
The collaboration brings together two areas of expertise, helping golfers better understand their physical capabilities, their golf technique and where improvements may be possible.
Bringing Professional Golf Experience to Herefordshire
Elite Performance Therapy founder Isy Fergusson brings over 20 years of experience in sports therapy and physical performance, including valuable experience within professional golf.
Over a seven-year period, Isy provided hands-on sports therapy support at selected Ladies European Tour and Asian Golf Tour events, working alongside tour physiotherapists to help look after players during competition.
During her time in Spain, she also worked at Michael Campbell’s Golf Academy in Marbella and alongside other leading golf coaches throughout Andalucia, Spain.
These experiences gave her an insight into the physical demands of golf, injury management and the importance of physical preparation.
Now based in Hereford, Isy continues to bring this experience to golfers of all abilities, combining injury management with a growing focus on physical performance and development.
More Than a Standard Golf Screening
The Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) provides a recognised framework for assessing physical movement and exploring how limitations may relate to characteristics of the golf swing.
However, Isy’s approach goes considerably further than a standard TPI Level 1 screen.
Drawing on her extensive sports therapy experience, she combines golf-specific movement screening with a broader clinical and functional assessment.
Depending on the individual, this can include joint mobility, muscle strength, balance, stability, movement control, postural assessment and neurological testing where clinically indicated.
Previous injuries, current symptoms and the physical demands of the golfer’s game are also considered.
The aim is to understand how the golfer’s body functions, identify areas that may benefit from attention and explore whether physical factors could be influencing their performance.
Importantly, not every physical restriction causes a swing fault, and not every swing characteristic needs correcting. The findings need to be interpreted alongside the golfer’s actual technique and playing goals.
Working Alongside James Heath
James brings professional golf coaching and technical analysis to the partnership.
Using his coaching experience and technology such as TrackMan, he assesses the golfer’s swing, ball flight, technique and performance goals.
While James examines what’s happening during the golf swing, Isy assesses the physical capabilities that may be influencing those movements.
For example, a golfer struggling to achieve a particular position may have a technical issue, a physical limitation or a combination of both.
By bringing their findings together, Isy and James can explore these possibilities and identify which areas are most relevant to the individual.
Rather than treating the body and golf swing as separate issues, the collaboration allows both aspects to be considered together.
The Golf Performance Blueprint
At the centre of the collaboration is the Golf Performance Blueprint, a detailed assessment and report designed to give golfers a clearer understanding of their physical capabilities and potential performance considerations.
The Blueprint brings together several elements of the assessment process.
Understanding the golfer
The process begins with the golfer’s playing history, handicap, goals, current performance and any previous injuries or physical concerns.
Physical screening and clinical assessment
Isy carries out the TPI movement screen alongside additional clinical testing, including mobility, strength, stability, movement control and other assessments relevant to the individual.
Postural analysis may also be included to provide further information and establish useful baseline measurements.
Golf coaching and performance analysis
James assesses the technical aspects of the golfer’s game, including swing characteristics and relevant TrackMan data.
Bringing the findings together
The physical assessment findings are considered alongside James’s coaching observations and performance data.
This helps identify potential relationships between physical capabilities and what is happening during the golf swing, without assuming that every movement restriction is responsible for a technical issue.
An individual plan
Following their joint review, Isy and James identify priorities and agree an appropriate way forward.
Depending on the golfer’s needs, this may involve sports therapy, injury rehabilitation, mobility or strength work, movement-control exercises and continued technical coaching.
The Blueprint provides a useful reference point for reviewing progress and adapting the plan as the golfer develops.
From Injury Management to Performance Development
One of the benefits of this collaboration is that it isn’t limited to golfers experiencing pain or injury.
Some golfers may need treatment and rehabilitation before progressing with their physical development. Others may be injury-free but want to improve their mobility, strength, stability or consistency.
For example, a golfer with a history of lower-back discomfort may benefit from a clinical assessment to understand their symptoms and identify appropriate rehabilitation priorities.
Another golfer may have no pain but demonstrate limitations in rotational movement or physical control that are worth exploring alongside their swing technique.
The approach is individual, with treatment, physical conditioning and coaching guided by the findings rather than a standard programme.
Developing Golf Performance in Herefordshire
Elite Performance Therapy and James Heath Golf are already working together with golfers, using their combined expertise to support individual performance goals.
On 26 November 2026, they will host a joint golf performance evening, offering six golfers the opportunity to experience elements of their assessment approach.
All six places have already been booked, demonstrating encouraging interest in the collaboration :).
The event is an opportunity to showcase the work already taking place, with the possibility of further events in the future.
By bringing together experienced sports therapy, detailed physical assessment and professional golf coaching, the partnership aims to help golfers make informed decisions about their physical development and performance.
Whether the goal is to manage an injury, improve movement or take the next step in their golf game, the Golf Performance Blueprint provides a structured, individual approach.
Interested in learning more about the Golf Performance Blueprint?
Contact Elite Performance Therapy here to find out more about the collaboration with James Heath Golf