New Pain from a new Setup/posture?

[avguy]

I am transitioning from a fairly stable lower body arms swing aka D.Trahan into a more body turn driven mode aka Shawn Clement. I was using DT style for over 4 yrs, but never could keep all clubs thru the bag consistent, felt like too much being left out there with my ahleticism I still have. Only Driver was good this season.

 

It did work well in protecting my lower back disc issues - reason I used it.

 

But for 3-4 weeks of range time past winter, I went into Clement's. I loved the dynamic feel/power it gives me, but I got a very sharp pain hotspot the size of a baseball - in my left butt cheek, sorta on the side, about back pocket top line. I confused my normal left lower back pain issues of over two decades with it, but not so.

 

In Clement, he wants a setup with a braced tilt into front (left) leg, where you are spined away from the target zone. Sound and acceptable concept, but it is quite different on my golf posture I had been using for so long. Weight would be 60/40. front. In DT, I would be more like 30/70, favoring the back.

 

Has anybody else tried a fairly drastic change in their posture/setup that felt uncomfortable or caused pain at first, but then went away as you became accustomed to it? I am hoping if I start back with NAIDS otc, I can subside it, then wean of that in 2-3 weeks once the body gets used to this way of standing over the ball.

 

When I swing thru, I don't have any pain. Just all the time rest of the day, and mostly when I over exaggerate the forward left hip press angle in a mirror as I learned how it caused the pain to begin.