Why Push Swing

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My name is Fran Chen, the creator of Push Swing — a simple, body-friendly golf swing I developed through pain, recovery, and personal discovery.

Push Swing is: Easy for seniors. Safe for rehab. Sweet for everyone.

I didn’t invent it to hit longer drives or add more torque.
I created it because I had no other choice.

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I’ve had back pain since high school.

It started with sharp discomfort in my lower back and down my left leg, from the hip all the way to the foot. Every couple of years, it would flare up. I’d rest, recover in a few weeks, and move on.

I never had it formally diagnosed — but as a former doctor and surgeon in China, I had a good idea what was going on. And I also knew that certain movements, done right, can sometimes help a herniated disc shift and decompress naturally.

For years, I managed it. Until one day, the pain came back harder than ever — and this time, it didn’t go away.

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10 Months in Bed — and Nothing Worked

I couldn’t sit. I couldn’t stand. I couldn’t walk without sharp, radiating pain. I was bedridden for ten months.

I tried everything:

• ✅ Rest

• ✅ Physical therapy

• ✅ 800mg ibuprofen, just to be able to stand

• ✅ Steroid medications

• ✅ Stretching, core work, postural rehab

Nothing worked.

An MRI confirmed what I feared:
Herniated discs at L4–L5 and L5–S1, one of them ruptured, pressing hard on the left sciatic nerve.

The pain followed a classic path: left hip down to my left foot.

At Stanford Medical Center, a specialist told me surgery was my best option. But he also said:

“You’ll have to get hurt before you can start to heal.”

That was the risk: even if it worked, I’d have to go through more damage first. I wasn’t ready for that.

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Testing a Theory — With Golf Clubs and Painkillers

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I took ibuprofen — just enough to walk and stand. Then I brought my golf clubs to the range to test a theory I had been developing quietly in my mind:

What if I could swing without rotating my spine?
What if power came from pushing — not pulling?

I lasted 10 minutes on day one.
But I kept going — two times a week, then four. Half an hour, then one hour.

Then, after two months, it happened:
I no longer needed pain medication.
The pain wasn’t gone — but it had become manageable. Predictable. Under control.

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The Birth of Push Swing​

That’s when Push Swing was born.

I developed a short-game version first — Push Chip — that you can learn in just 5 minutes.

Then I built the full Push Swing system, a method any golfer can learn in under 10 hours. It’s based on structure, sequence, and support — not torque, not tension.

And now?

I golf every single day.
Some days, I play two full rounds.
I finish with zero pain. Zero soreness.

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Now Under Study at SJSU

Today, a professor from the kinesiology department at San Jose State University is working with me to study how Push Swing might help golfers with disc herniation.

This isn’t theory.
This is a method that brought me back from the lowest point of my life.

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Why Push Swing Works

If you’ve ever struggled with back pain, or even just chronic golf soreness — I’ve been there.

We’ve all heard someone say they “pulled a muscle.”
But when have you ever heard someone say they “pushed a muscle”?

That’s not a coincidence.

Pulling creates tension. Pushing creates support.
Push is safer. Smarter. More sustainable.

Push Swing isn’t just a different swing.
It’s a better way to move.

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