Core-Tex: Recondition your brain, change your game
When Anthony Carey talks about swinging freely, he isn’t thinking solely about muscles or mechanics.
“The brain drives movement quality,” he said.
The philosophy led the 60-year-old Southern Californian to invent the Core-Tex Reactive Trainer, a cutting-edge training platform designed to sharpen control and coordination while training the body to adapt. In a nod to the sensory motor cortex, Carey named a device geared toward connecting the brain and body through movement that’s continually shifting and unpredictable.
The Core-Tex’s PGA Show recent debut was spurred by 12 years of testimonials.
“Everyone kept telling us you got to be [there] because it’s a no-brainer for golfers,” Carey said.
By challenging the nervous system, Core-Tex helps users become more stable and pliable.
The simple design allows for an infinite combination of movements, said Carey, who has a master’s in biomechanics and athletic training and has run a San Diego-based chronic-pain clinic for weekend warriors to elite athletes.
A platform atop a sturdy dome rests on three precisely placed ball transfers, allowing the Core-Tex to tilt, slide and rotate simultaneously to activate the user’s core and stabilizers. The surface is solid but supple while the device is quick to assemble — five minutes, few tools, no fuss — and built to last.
Carey aims to create a conversation between the brain and body to encourage more fluid rotation and faster recovery from the stress of repeated movement.
At $639, the Core-Tex trainers are used by more than a dozen professional sports franchises, college programs, physical therapy clinics and golf courses, including several in South Florida — among them St. Andrews in Boca Raton and Ballenisles in Palm Beach Gardens.
For golfers chasing longer drives, a smoother action and pain-free consistency, the Core-Tex will train your body to respond the way your brain intends.
