The most debilitating injury to you, and how do you prevent it?

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by 5263

are you stretching hamstrings after all workouts?
Tight hamstrings not only risk muscle pulls, but pull at the lower back
and can cause spasms and worse!

Protect the knees with agility drills and rotator cuff by making room for it on
serve thru using good shoulder tilt.

lift with DBs and/or cables to off set the muscle imbalances of tennis strokes.

Very good point, I forgot to mention it in my original post. When I had that episode of stiff lower back that put me out for months, I was able to see a physical therapist. She said my tight hamstrings likely caused the back spasms. Since then, I have been stretching my hamstrings as well as strengthening my core and lower back.

[5263]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

Very good point, I forgot to mention it in my original post. When I had that episode of stiff lower back that put me out for months, I was able to see a physical therapist. She said my tight hamstrings likely caused the back spasms. Since then, I have been stretching my hamstrings as well as strengthening my core and lower back.

Good deal! Very important and really can affect the serve oddly enough!

[zacinnc78]

hip labral tear caused by too shallow hip sockets (wish i wouldve known earlier in life )

[soyizgood]

Optic neuritis. Can only see with one eye for now. Got another condition it's tied to that could affect my nervous system. Having to play higher percentage on forehands and getting footwork improved.

[JLDN]

Originally Posted by Cindysphinx

PF, for sure.

Part of the difficulty with PF is that it is easy not to take it seriously. You get this vague heel pain, so you try to play through it. I mean, it's just the heel, so how bad could it be? Answer: Bad.

I had PF in both feet, and it took a year to resolve. I actually ruptured the PF in my left foot. I hadn't even known that could happen.

Really discouraging to read. I'm on the 6th week off from any kind of running due to what I thought was PF but is actually most likely heel bursitis in right foot. Been icing, stretching, resting and also got new custom orthotics but still hurts so much some times that I can't even put weight on my foot. This might be a really long road back.