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Experts share how to avoid common pickleball injuries. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
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.
Before you pick up the pickleball racket, get your body ready to prevent injury, medical experts say.
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.
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Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played indoors and outdoors.
Traditionally, people have speculated that tennis elbow is a type of repetitive strain injury resulting from tendon overuse and failed healing of the tendon, but there is no evidence of injury or repair, and misinterpretation of painful activities as a source of damage is common. [25] Example of repetitive movement that may cause tennis elbow
As pickleball’s popularity has skyrocketed, so have serious injuries to players. Bone fractures related to the game have increased 200% in 20 years, a new study found.