Vinny Crispino on Efficient Golf Swings and Pain Reduction and Recovery

Vinny Crispino on Efficient Golf Swings and Pain Reduction and Recovery

Author: Mark Immelman October 1, 2025 Duration: 1:01:30

Vinny Crispino is a Certified Personal Trainer and the Founder of Pain Academy in California. 

A former 8x All-American Olympic hopeful, Vinny's career was halted by a severe back injury during a surfing accident. After twelve years mastering pain management and corrective exercise techniques, Vinny has helped complete beginners and elite athletes overcome debilitating injuries and pain.

The  Pain Academy distills this expertise into an accessible format, offering a pathway to recovery for anyone struggling with physical limitations, and Vinny joins #OntheMark to teach you his techniques to better movement, better golf-swings and a better mind-body connection for pain reduction.  Topics covered include:

  • The "Mind-Body connection" and Pain
  • How the Brain functions and operates and Neural Pathways and their Function
  • Nervous System Disregulation
  • How the Body is designed to Heal Itself
  • The Physical Symmetrical Design of the Body, and How the Golf-swing adds Assymetry
  • The Golf-swing's Adaptations and those effects on Personal Life
  • Building and Growing a Swing with Nervous System Efficiency
  • Somatic Training
  • Nervous System Rest and Getting Back to Neutral, and
  • Avoiding the Spiral of Self Sabotage and Panic.

Vinny also shares a movement set you on your way to self-regulatd balance and calm.  

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