TPI Golf Assessment — find the body behind your swing.

A one-to-one physical screening for golfers, from beginner to single-figure handicap, on the Costa del Sol. Discover the physical limitations affecting your swing, address the pain stopping you from playing your best, and walk away with a clear plan.

Mijas · Marbella · 60–90 minutes · One-to-one with Flora

Why your swing is fighting your body, not the other way around

A Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Assessment is a 60–90 minute physical screening designed specifically for golfers. During the session, I evaluate your movement quality, mobility, stability, and strength to identify the physical limitations affecting your swing.

Golf performance isn't only about technique — it's about how your body moves. The TPI assessment focuses on the Body–Swing Connection: how your physical capacity directly influences swing efficiency, consistency, and power. Most swing flaws have a physical cause that no amount of range work will fix. By addressing those limitations at the source, we can reduce your injury risk and unlock the swing your body is currently blocking — so you move better, swing better, and play pain-free.

What a TPI assessment with Flora includes

The screen evaluates the physical components that most directly influence your golf swing. Each test isolates a specific link in the chain so we can see exactly where performance is leaking and where injury risk is building.

Mobility — hips, thoracic spine, shoulders, ankles
Stability and balance through the swing
Core control and rotational strength
Coordination and movement sequencing
Single-leg strength and control
Swing-related movement patterns

Together, these tests identify the physical restrictions, asymmetries, and compensations that are limiting your performance or quietly setting you up for injury. The result is a clear, prioritized picture of what your body needs — not a generic exercise printout.

Who it's for: from beginner to single-figure handicap, twenties to seventies

The TPI assessment works for any golfer who wants to understand their own body better. Most people who book one fall into one of these groups:

The amateur looking for marginal gains. You're already playing decent golf, but you've plateaued. Distance is leaking, your handicap has stalled, or you sense your body can't quite do what your swing is asking. A TPI screen finds the limitation your range work can't.

The senior golfer protecting the sport for the long run. After sixty, the priority shifts from chasing distance to playing for the next twenty years. The TPI screen identifies the mobility and balance you've already lost — much of which is recoverable — and the compensations that are silently increasing injury risk.

The committed player working with a coach. If you're already taking lessons, a TPI screen gives your coach the missing piece: what your body can and can't physically do. With your permission, I share the findings directly so we're both pulling in the same direction.

The recreational golfer in recurring pain. Your lower back, lead shoulder, or wrist hurts after every round. You've taken anti-inflammatories, tried new clubs, taken a month off — and the pain returns. We find the movement pattern that's causing it, not just treat the spot that hurts.

The beginner laying the right foundations. Most golf injuries start as small movement faults that get reinforced over thousands of swings. Getting screened early means you build the sport on a body that can support it.

After your assessment: what changes

You leave the appointment with three things. First, a clear explanation of what's happening in your body and exactly which limitations are showing up in your swing — no jargon, no vagueness. Second, hands-on treatment for the restrictions we can release in the room that day. Third, a short, specific home program — three or four exercises that actually matter, chosen because they move the needle on what your screen revealed.

From there, most golfers benefit from two to four follow-up sessions to consolidate the changes, refine the corrective work, and re-test the movements that flagged. If your coach is involved, I'm happy to share the findings with them so your lessons and your body work together rather than against each other.

If you don't need to come back, I'll tell you. I'd rather you spend that time on the course.

Book your assessment

Appointments are available across Mijas and Marbella, and home visits can be arranged for clients further along the coast. The first appointment is the full TPI screen, hands-on treatment, and your personalized plan — 60 to 90 minutes, one-to-one, with my full attention.

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FAQ
Common questions about the TPI Golf Assessment.

What is a TPI golf assessment?

TPI stands for Titleist Performance Institute — the global standard for understanding how a golfer's body affects their swing. The assessment is a sixteen-point physical screen that maps your mobility, stability, balance, and posture against the specific demands of the golf swing. The result is a clear picture of which physical limitations are costing you distance, accuracy, or comfort on the course.

Do I need to be in pain or injured to book one?

No. Most golfers who book a TPI assessment with me aren't injured at all — they're playing well but plateauing, losing distance, or noticing that their body can't quite do what their swing is asking of it. The TPI screen catches the limitations you'd otherwise only discover later, after they've turned into a back issue or a strained shoulder.

How is this different from a golf lesson?

A golf pro looks at your swing. I look at the body underneath it. The two are inseparable — most swing flaws have a physical cause that can't be fixed on the driving range, no matter how many lessons you take. After a TPI assessment, I'm happy to share the findings with your coach so you stop drilling a fault that's actually a hip-mobility or thoracic-rotation issue.

Will it help me hit the ball further?

Often, yes. Distance comes from sequencing — the order in which your hips, torso, arms, and club accelerate through the downswing. If any link in that chain is restricted, you leak power. Once we restore the mobility or stability you're missing, your swing has more to work with. I won't promise you yards, but I can promise your body will stop working against you.

How long does a TPI assessment take?

Your first appointment is a 45-minute initial consultation. That includes the full TPI screen, hands-on treatment where it helps, and a clear plan you walk out with. Follow-up sessions, if you need them, are 30 minutes — focused on the specific corrective exercises and manual work that move your screen findings forward.

Where do you see golfers — Mijas or Marbella?

Both. The practice operates across Mijas and Marbella so I can cover the main golf corridor of the Costa del Sol. The exact address for your appointment is sent with the booking confirmation. For clients staying further along the coast, home visits are available on request.

Do I bring my clubs?

No clubs needed for the assessment itself — it's a physical screen, not a swing analysis. If you'd like to bring a seven-iron so I can see how your body holds posture and rotation around an actual club, you're welcome to. But the real work happens on the screening mat, not the driving range.

Are you TPI-certified?

Yes. I'm certified through the Titleist Performance Institute, which means the screen I run is the same one used by tour-level coaches and physiotherapists worldwide. Combined with fifteen years of clinical practice in orthopedic and spine physiotherapy, you're getting both the gold-standard golf screen and the deeper musculoskeletal expertise to act on what it finds.

Why does my lower back hurt after a round of golf?

Low back pain is by far the most common golf complaint — and in most cases it isn't your back's fault. The lumbar spine ends up doing work that should be coming from your hips and your thoracic (upper) spine. When either of those segments loses mobility, the lower back compensates, swing after swing, until it can't anymore. The fix isn't rest. It's restoring the rotation where it should be happening.

Can physiotherapy fix an early extension swing fault?

Often, yes — when the cause is physical rather than purely technical. Early extension (standing up out of your posture through impact) frequently traces back to limited hip internal rotation, weak glutes, or restricted ankle mobility. Your coach can drill the corrective move all day, but if your body can't access the position, the fault keeps returning. A TPI screen pinpoints which physical limitation is forcing it.

What's the most common injury in amateur golfers?

Lower back pain, by a wide margin. After that, it's the lead-side elbow (golfer's elbow), the lead shoulder, and the lead-side wrist. What unites them is the nature of the sport: golf is a one-sided, high-velocity rotational movement repeated hundreds of times per round. Small imbalances compound quickly. Most of these injuries are preventable with the right physical screening and corrective work in place early.

I'm over 60 — is a TPI assessment still worth it?

Arguably more than at any other age. After sixty, the goal shifts from chasing distance to protecting longevity in the sport. The TPI screen identifies the mobility and balance you've already lost — much of which can still be regained — and flags the compensations that are quietly setting you up for injury. Many of my older clients play more comfortable, lower-handicap golf in their seventies than they did a decade earlier.

How many sessions will I need?

Most golfers see meaningful change within two to four sessions. The initial 60-minute consultation includes the full TPI screen, hands-on treatment, and your home program. From there, follow-ups are 30 minutes and focus on the specific corrections your screen flagged. If you don't need to come back, I'll tell you — I'd rather you spend that time on the course than in my clinic.