Our Services
Golf Performance & TPI Screening in Morganville, NJ
TPI-certified movement screens and golf performance care for Monmouth County golfers — built to prevent injury and unlock a more powerful, consistent swing.
Your Golf Performance (TPI) Recovery Journey
Discover the path to lasting recovery with our personalized, multidisciplinary care approach.
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Comprehensive Assessment
We evaluate your condition, review your medical history, and run the necessary movement and neurological exams to understand exactly what's driving your pain.
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Personalized Treatment
You begin a customized care plan — chiropractic adjustments, hands-on physical therapy, and acupuncture as needed — designed for your case and your goals.
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Progress Monitoring
We re-assess your response to treatment every two to three weeks and adjust the plan to keep your recovery on the fastest, safest path.
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Long-Term Wellness
As you progress, we shift focus to maintenance — home exercises, posture, and lifestyle strategies that keep the gains and prevent flare-ups.
Golf looks like a gentle sport until you break down what the swing actually asks of your body: hip and thoracic rotation on demand, timing through a 90-plus-mph collision with the ground, repeated asymmetric loading through the low back, and enough stability to do it all over again 70 or 90 times a round. When your body can’t quite deliver one of those pieces, your swing compensates — and compensations are where both the inconsistency and the injuries come from.
That’s where our Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) program lives. Dr. Rick Caban, DC is TPI Medical Level 3 Certified, the highest medical tier in the TPI system, meaning he’s trained to connect what your body can and can’t do to what your swing is actually doing. Paired with Dr. Robert Perniola’s DPT-level orthopedic and sports medicine expertise, our Morganville clinic offers Monmouth County golfers a deeply specific approach that’s hard to find anywhere nearby.
What is TPI, and what makes it different?
The Titleist Performance Institute has spent over 20 years studying the body-swing connection using data from tens of thousands of golfers, including the top players on every major tour. The insight that powers the whole system is simple: there isn’t one “right” swing, but there are physical limitations that force your body into a small number of predictable compensations — and those compensations drive the swing faults and injuries you’re already seeing.
A TPI screen doesn’t judge your swing. It evaluates the raw material your swing is made from: mobility, stability, strength, balance, and the quality of your movement patterns. Then it maps those findings to the swing characteristics that matter for you.
Our approach to golf performance
When you come in for our TPI program, you’re not getting a generic mobility class. You’re getting the same integrated medical approach that powers the rest of our clinic — just tuned for the game.
- TPI movement screen. A systematic 16-point assessment of hip rotation, thoracic mobility, shoulder flexibility, spinal motion, lower-body stability, balance, and power production. We measure each component objectively so we can re-test and prove progress.
- Swing-connection analysis. Dr. Caban walks you through the screen results and maps them to swing patterns: early extension, loss of posture, casting, over-the-top, reverse spine angle, sway, slide, and the rest. You leave understanding exactly which of your swing issues are bodies issues and which are technique.
- Injury-history review. Golf injuries rarely come out of nowhere. Old back episodes, elbow flares, rotator cuff tightness, and wrist issues all inform the plan and the prevention strategy.
- Customized correctives. Flexibility, stability, and power work built for your specific body and your specific golf goals. Short enough to fit in before a round, substantial enough to actually move the needle.
- Hands-on care as needed. Chiropractic adjustments for restricted thoracic or hip joints, PT for strength deficits or post-injury rehab, and soft-tissue work for the forearm, shoulder, and lumbar tissues that take the brunt of the modern golf swing.
- Coach collaboration. If you work with a swing coach — and we hope you do — we’ll share findings with them so your lessons and your body work are pointing the same direction.
Who we work with
Our TPI patients span the full range of the game:
- Club and league players who want more distance and consistency without giving up more of their back
- Competitive amateurs preparing for tournament seasons or chasing a handicap goal
- Weekend golfers who love the game but feel wrecked on Monday morning
- Returning golfers coming back from back surgery, rotator cuff repair, or a bad elbow year
- Junior and college golfers laying down the movement foundation that will carry their game
- Senior golfers protecting the mobility and balance that keep them playing well into their 70s and 80s
The thread that runs through all of them is the same: a desire to play better and play longer — with fewer of the flare-ups that come from forcing an aging or restricted body into tour-grade motion it can’t quite produce.
What to expect on your first visit
Plan on about an hour. The session includes:
- Intake and goals. Current game, injury history, training habits, how many rounds you play, what “playing better” actually means to you.
- The 16-point TPI screen. Hip mobility, thoracic rotation, shoulder flexibility, lower-body stability, balance, and power production — each captured objectively.
- Swing-connection review. Dr. Caban walks you through which findings are driving which parts of your swing and where your current injury risk sits.
- Initial treatment. Many first visits include a chiropractic or soft-tissue session on the areas that the screen identified as most restrictive, so you feel a change before you leave.
- Plan. You go home with a specific, prioritized corrective program and a clear idea of the cadence and duration for the work.
Why integrated care matters for golfers
You can’t out-stretch a restricted joint, and you can’t out-adjust a weak core. Golf performance is where integration really pays off: chiropractic opens up joints your screen says are stuck, PT builds the stability and power those newly mobile joints need, and hands-on soft-tissue work keeps the forearm, shoulder, and back tissues — the ones every swing hammers — from locking down between rounds. Acupuncture is available when chronic tension or stress is showing up in your game.
All of this runs under one roof. One team, one chart, one plan.
Ready to play better, longer?
Book a TPI assessment at 186 County Rte 520 #1, Morganville, NJ 07751 — convenient for golfers across Marlboro, Old Bridge, Matawan, Holmdel, Colts Neck, Manalapan, and the rest of Monmouth County. Call (732) 972-6010 or schedule online to get started.
Golf Performance (TPI) — Frequently Asked Questions
What is a TPI screen, and who is it for?
The Titleist Performance Institute screen is a 16-point movement assessment that evaluates how your body's mobility, stability, and power production interact with your golf swing. It's appropriate for any golfer — tour-level, scratch, mid-handicap, beginner, or 'I've played three times this year' — because the limitations it uncovers affect everyone's swing, not just the pros.
I'm in pain when I play. Should I start with TPI or with treatment?
Start with a treatment evaluation. Once we've settled the acute pain — often a combination of chiropractic, PT, and targeted soft-tissue work — we roll into the TPI screen as part of your return-to-play plan. That way you're not trying to 'swing around' an active injury.
Will my golf coach be involved?
Yes, whenever you want them to be. We don't coach the swing itself — that's your coach's job — but we are happy to share screen results and body-specific limitations with them so the swing changes they're teaching are actually possible for your body. Our role is to make sure your body can do what your coach is asking of it.
How long is the initial TPI assessment?
Plan on about 60 minutes for your first visit. That includes the full 16-point movement screen, a review of your injury history and golf goals, and a clear walk-through of the findings and your plan.
What kinds of improvements do patients typically see?
The most common wins are better hip and thoracic rotation (which directly adds distance), more stable lower-body mechanics, fewer compensations that lead to low-back and elbow pain, and more consistent swing patterns. We track objective measures at reassessments so you can see the progress.
Do I have to be a competitive golfer to benefit?
Not at all. Most of our TPI patients are weekend golfers who want to play more without paying for it the next day, plus club and league players looking to protect their bodies and sharpen their games.
Do you accept insurance for TPI visits?
The movement screen itself is a performance service, not a medical diagnosis, so most insurance plans don't cover it. If your visit is primarily for pain or injury that happens to be golf-related, the medical portion is typically covered. Call (732) 972-6010 and we'll sort out what applies.
Ready to start feeling like yourself again?
Same-day appointments are usually available. Most insurance accepted. Call or schedule online today.