{"id":1226,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:36","slug":"pt-mobility-baseline-assess-before-you-train-past-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"PT Mobility Baseline: Assess Before You Train Past 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"A Physical Therapist&amp;apos;s Guide to Pickleball Mobility\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wVu3--8-iyc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Selkirk TV opens PT Landon Newts\u2019 \u201cstrong and mobile after 55\u201d course with a living-room baseline \u2014 not a pass\/fail test.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll screen shoulders, back, hips, knees, balance, and squat mechanics so later lessons target real gaps. Note what feels sticky, then match those notes to the course modules. Purpose: stay confident on court longer by training what your assessment actually shows.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Baseline first: shoulders, back, hips, knees, balance, squat<\/li>\n<li>Not pass\/fail \u2014 log opportunities, then train those<\/li>\n<li>Longevity work starts with an honest screen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Run the full baseline once this week and write 3 priority areas<\/li>\n<li>Pick one sticky screen (e.g. hip or balance) and train it before your next play day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selkirk TV opens PT Landon Newts\u2019 \u201cstrong and mobile after 55\u201d course with a living-room baseline \u2014 not a pass\/fail test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1291,1266,1290,546,173,1289],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","tag-landon-newts","tag-mobility","tag-physical-therapy","tag-selkirk-tv","tag-seniors","tag-strength"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}