TPI Golf Performance & Injury Care

Last reviewed: September 2026

Dr. Scott King is a Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Certified Medical Level 2 Provider — a credential built specifically for medical professionals (MDs, chiropractors, physical therapists, athletic trainers), not golf coaches, to connect swing mechanics to the injury actually driving a golfer’s pain.

What TPI Medical Level 2 Training Covers

Medical Level 2 trains providers to use the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) to pinpoint the source of a golfer’s musculoskeletal dysfunction, distinguish whether the problem is a mobility restriction or a stability deficit, and map that back to the “Body-Swing Connection” — how a physical limitation shows up as a specific swing fault. It also covers rehabilitation progression through the SFMA 4X4 Matrix, and communication of findings between medical provider and golf coach. The curriculum specifically addresses golf-related injuries of the low back, hip, wrist and hand, elbow, knee, neck, and ribs.

TPI Medical Level 2 certification details — mytpi.com

Common Golf Injuries We See

  • Low back pain — often from repetitive rotational load and compensatory mobility loss elsewhere in the kinetic chain. See our low back pain page.
  • Golfer’s and tennis elbow — tendon overload at the elbow from grip and swing mechanics. See our chronic tendinopathy page.
  • Shoulder and rotator cuff pain — from restricted thoracic or hip rotation forcing compensation through the shoulder. See our rotator cuff page.
  • Hip and knee pain — from asymmetric loading patterns across a repeated swing. See our knee pain page.

How We Use This at Novo

A TPI-informed exam identifies whether a golfer’s pain traces back to a mobility restriction, a stability deficit, or tissue that’s actually been damaged by repetitive load — and that finding, not a generic protocol, determines whether manual adhesion release, focused or radial shockwave therapy (ESWT), or EMTT is the right tool, the same exam-first approach we use for every patient.

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