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Mar. 27—Nearly four years ago, Spokane resident Aurora Benton discovered pickleball. Benton liked the sport so much that she started playing several times a week — until her elbow complained.
Experts share how to avoid common pickleball injuries. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Before you pick up the pickleball racket, get your body ready to prevent injury, medical experts say.
Additionally, balls used in the sport are made of a hard plastic that limits the ball's bounce, when compared to balls in other sports such as a tennis ball. When drop shots and dink shots are done correctly, it is difficult for the opponent to attack the ball, forcing the opponent to hit a soft upward shot in return.
And instead of the plasticky plink of a pickleball against a flat paddle, Hainline said, striking a fuzzy red tennis ball with a stringed racket allows for a greater variety of strokes and “just a beautiful sound.” Players can either stick with red ball tennis or advance through a progression of bouncier balls to full-court tennis.
The badminton-Ping-Pong hybrid is the fastest growing sport in the U.S.
The conclusion reached is that the pathophysiology of tennis elbow is due to an initial microscopic tear from a sprain/strain. This initial injury is aggravated at night by pressure on the sprain which delays healing. In other words, tennis elbow is neither a tendonitis nor a tendinosis, but more like a pressure sore. If the pressure is removed ...
Now, pickleball-related injuries are picking up steam, too. Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in Greater Milford and beyond. Now, pickleball-related injuries are picking up steam, too.