I’m Erika Zanella, kinesiologist and posture specialist. I come to your home, anywhere in the Algarve, and with the RevivaGolf Method I train the muscles that hold your swing together: your back stops holding you back, and your drive gets its distance back.
I’ll get back to you within 24 hours. I take on no more than 10 golfers a month.
16+ years’ experience
You know the moment: you reach the 13th, your lower back tightens, your turn suddenly shortens, and you play the last five holes within yourself while the others let it rip.
Every swing sends a force of 7 to 8 times your body weight through your back, dozens of times a round, several times a week. If the muscles that should absorb that load, your core, your glutes, your hips, aren’t trained for the specific movement of golf, your back takes the whole hit on its own.
And it isn’t about age, even if that’s the first thing you’re told. Massage, painkillers and rest switch the pain off for a few days, then everything comes back: they work on where it hurts, while the cause is in how you move. If your back hurts, it may start at the pelvis. If your knees hurt, it may be a hip that won’t rotate.
That’s where I start: I study how you move through your swing, find where it locks up and why, and build the programme around your body.
No two programmes are the same: we start from the way you move and we get you playing pain-free, on your own.
I study how your body moves: where it’s stiff, where it loses balance, where it compensates without you noticing. The work is built on what I find.
I give you back mobility where you’ve lost it and stability where you’re missing it. Every exercise is made for you and for the golf swing.
This is where the results show on the course: more power in the swing, more control, the stamina to reach the 18th without falling apart.
The end goal: knowing what to do to keep yourself in shape and play for another 10, 15, 20 years without depending on anyone.
I hold a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and a Master’s in Clinical Posturology, and I’ve worked in this field for over 16 years, with athletes and hundreds of golfers.
I know what it’s like to look for the turn and feel your body say no. That’s why my work always starts from the movement you make on the course, never from an off-the-shelf protocol.
My storyThe sessions are at your home, anywhere across the Algarve, from Portimão to Vilamoura and Vale do Lobo.
No crowded gyms, no eyes on you. You train in your own living room, at your own pace.
No driving, no plans taken away from your partner, not even the bother of getting ready to go out.
When you’re in pain, the last thing you want is to travel. With me, you stay at home.
Travelling, or back in Italy for a while? We carry on remotely, the programme doesn’t stop.
“Today I feel steadier, more mobile and far more confident when I play.”
“I managed to walk all 18 holes without a buggy. That hadn’t happened in years.”
“I went from 86 strokes to 79, on a tough course.”
One client, 76 · Hip replacement. After 6 months: +10 metres on the drive, back out on the course enjoying his rounds.
Another client, 62 · Two herniated discs and a bulge. After a year: no more pain, +20 metres on the drive, now self-sufficient.
You finish your 18 holes in fewer strokes and without having to stop at every green to let the twinge pass. If that doesn’t happen, I give you back the whole programme, to the last cent. I wouldn’t put it in writing if I weren’t sure of what I do.
The details and refund terms are set out in the service terms and conditions, to be accepted when you sign up for the programme.
A few months from now, at the clubhouse bar, you could be the one listening to the others moan about their aches while you smile, because you’ve just finished your 18 holes without a single twinge.
The initial postural assessment (€59) is free if you book through the site: we look at how you move, I work out where the pain comes from, and I tell you honestly whether I can help. There are 10 places each month.
No commitment, no cost. I’ll get back to you within 24 hours.