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Weakest Link // Tennis Injuries & the Kinetic Chain

Weakest Link // Tennis Injuries & the Kinetic Chain

Alex Wilkins2023-12-21T14:46:51-05:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Human leg, Rounded shoulder posture, Skeletal muscle, Medical specialties, Rotator cuff, Sports injury, Tendinopathy, Tendinitis, Tennis injuries, Tennis elbow, Shoulder, Overuse injuries, Elbow, Sports injuries, Soft tissue disorders, RTT, Medicine, Medical Subject Headings, athlete, kinetic chain, injury, health, Tennis, Melissa Baudo, Physical Therapy|

Do you have multiple or recurring injuries that seem to not go away? Tennis Elbow, Rotator Cuff Tendinitis, and Low Back and Neck Strains are among the most common injuries in tennis players. Injuries can happen because you are training way too much, you are not preparing or recovering properly, or because you have weaknesses or “weak links” in your kinetic chain. Tennis players can develop weak links and imbalances in flexibility, strength and range of motion, which can adversely [...]

Recovery Meets Physical Therapy – Managing Tennis Injuries with a Physical Therapist

Recovery Meets Physical Therapy – Managing Tennis Injuries with a Physical Therapist

OneTherapy2023-12-21T14:44:53-05:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Sports Medicine Articles, Physical Therapists News|Tags: Medical specialties, Sports medicine, Physical Therapy, Melissa Baudo, health, One on One Physical Therapy, dry needling, Medicine, Physical exercise, Manual therapy, Sports injuries, Allied health professions, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Tennis elbow, Tennis injuries, Muscle imbalance, Canine physical therapy, Muscle energy technique, Rehabilitation medicine, Sports injury|

Recovery Meets Physical Therapy – Managing Tennis Injuries with a Physical Therapist Tennis, like many other sports, has an inherent risk for injury. Tennis injuries such as tennis elbow, rotator cuff tendinitis, and muscle strains are common among our youth and recreational athletes and are caused by overuse, overtraining, muscle imbalance, weakness and poor stroke performance. Overuse injuries happen because athletes are putting in way too many hours on the court, are not preparing or recovering efficiently, or they have weaknesses [...]