Physiotherapy-led · In clinic & at your golf club
Pilates for Golfers in Dublin
Move better, swing with more power and enjoy your golf for longer – with golf-specific Pilates led by Chartered Physiotherapist Laura Bhreathnach, formerly of Scottish Golf.
Trusted by established Dublin & Wicklow clubs
Pilates for Golfers at your golf club
PREP Physio runs Pilates for Golfers sessions at some of the most established golf clubs in the region:
- Elm ParkGolf & Sports Club
- BrayGolf Club
- EdmondstownGolf Club
- WoodbrookGolf Club
Are you a member at one of these clubs? Ask at your club for session times, or get in touch. Interested in bringing Pilates for Golfers to your club? We’d love to hear from you.
Pilates and golf: a natural partnership
Pilates focuses on your trunk rotation, spinal flexibility and stability – enabling you to produce more power and, in turn, enjoy your golf for longer.
Current research suggests that the core muscles play a vital role in creating a powerful golf swing. It’s no wonder some of the top golf professionals have incorporated Pilates into their exercise regimes, such as Paul McGinley, Thomas Pieters and Tiger Woods, to name a few. Golfers of all levels can benefit from Pilates to help improve their game and reduce pain and the risk of injury.
Understand how your body moves
As golf is a full-body, complex, asymmetrical movement, it is important that we understand how our bodies move, and our own physical strengths and limitations. Physiotherapy-led Pilates can help you understand how your body moves in order to enhance your own natural golf swing.
Optimal golf mechanics require flexibility, stability, strength, balance and a strong core. Golf-specific Pilates works on all of these areas, which in turn can give golfers the edge they have been looking for.
More consistent, more powerful. Pilates for Golfers improves your body awareness and gives you selective control of your body. This helps the repeatable nature of your swing – leading to more consistent shots and putts – and improves the transfer of energy from the lower body up to the arms (the ‘bottom-up phenomenon’) needed to generate high club head speed, so you generate more power with less effort.
“Although we can’t promise a reduction in your handicap, we can promise that through Pilates for Golfers you will feel and move better.”
The benefits of Pilates for Golfers
- Increase hip, trunk and shoulder mobility
- Improve your balance and weight transfer in your swing
- Increase glute and shoulder strength to help your drive
- Improve your stability and, in turn, your accuracy
- Understand your body, so you can implement what your golf pro asks you to change
- Injury prevention
- Rehabilitation of a golf injury
- Strengthen your core and decrease lower back pain
Free · Follow along at home
Try a free Pilates for Golfers session
See what PREP Physio can do for you with a free Pilates for Golfers class from Laura’s YouTube channel.
Two ways to train
In clinic · Ballsbridge
1:1 Pilates for Golfers
A private session with Laura at our Baggot Lane clinic, built around your body, your swing and your goals.
€90 / 60 minutes
Book in clinicAt your golf club
Club sessions
Pilates for Golfers at Elm Park, Bray, Edmondstown and Woodbrook golf clubs. Ask at your club for times.
Enquire about club sessions
Your physiotherapist
Led by Laura Bhreathnach
Laura is a Chartered Physiotherapist with experience across elite sport in Scotland – including Scottish Golf, Scottish Rugby and the Scottish Institute of Sport. Since returning to Ireland she has continued her passion for working with golfers, teaching Pilates for Golfers across a variety of settings.
Laura holds an MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy from UCD and is APPI Pilates trained. Golf performance is one of her special interests.
Book with LauraTake your game further
Pilates for Golfers works well alongside our golf performance service, physiotherapy for golf injuries, and sports massage for recovery.
From the blog: 5 Pilates exercises to improve your golf swing →
Pilates for Golfers FAQs
Where can I do Pilates for Golfers?
In clinic at PREP Physio, 62 Baggot Lane, Ballsbridge, as a 1:1 session – or at Elm Park, Bray, Edmondstown and Woodbrook golf clubs, where PREP Physio runs Pilates for Golfers sessions.
How much does a session cost?
A 60-minute 1:1 Pilates for Golfers session in clinic is €90. For club sessions, please ask at your club or get in touch.
Do I need to have done Pilates before?
No. Golfers of all levels and abilities can benefit, and sessions are tailored to you.
Will it lower my handicap?
We can’t promise a reduction in your handicap – but we can promise that through Pilates for Golfers you will feel and move better, with improved mobility, stability and strength for your swing.
Can my golf club host sessions?
Yes – PREP Physio already runs sessions at Elm Park, Bray, Edmondstown and Woodbrook. If you’d like Pilates for Golfers at your club, get in touch.
Feel and move better on the course
1:1 in clinic in Ballsbridge, or at Elm Park, Bray, Edmondstown and Woodbrook golf clubs.