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Ortho said, up to me brace or no brace. Let pain be the guide. will try to do exercise bike more, dislike doing leg square but know it is necessary for leg strength. Guess there is no shortcut.. hate the feeling of thinking about my knee during a match..

Five months and already playing again, and was a complete tear. Am using a brace, but feels heavy on the leg, and would rather do without.

Anyone out there who has had a meniscus repair and is back to playing tennis wear some kind of supportive knee brace? Or do you just play as usual and grit through the pain and stiffness. For myself the brace feels supportive, just don't know if it will ultimately make the knee muscles weaker...

Cindy, love reading your posts. Sort of identify with you since I also had meniscus repair. Tennis has taken its toll... too many years on the hard courts. You questioned my comment on a heavier racket. I always feel that for me, (woman) playing with an 11 oz plus, racket, gives me more heft...

Here is another reply from a 4.0 female player. I think it's great to have some female tennis players on these threads.. Been playing for some 30 years now and the serve is by far the weakest part of my game. Not bad enough to loose matches, I can place it where I want, just not enough power...

Thinking I may have this. pain on bottom of foot, very sharp at times. On balls of feet, radiating to 3rd. and 4th toe. Toes also numb. Anyone elso have experience with this. about to find a podiatrist....

Thought I have had about every tennis injury one can get after 25 years of playing. Now have tennis elbow in left arm.. How does one get this???? Have had the problem through the years in the right elbow from stiff rackets, late forehands and faulty service motion. But now what. Is the 2 hnd...

I had a meniscus repair done 5 months ago, and am just finally getting back to some form of tennis. Injured my knee running for a ball, and 6 months after injury had the surgery. Knee was painful and swollen, and not getting better. The surgery was worse than expected, did the PT for 2...

Having the surgery this coming week. Thanks for all the posts. Hope to be back on the courts within a month. Knee not getting better on its own.

I have a medial meniscus tear and am looking at surgery for repair. Tore a few months ago on the court. How is the rehab time, and how long can I expect to be out for?

Anyone out there tried to play tennis and either use contacts for monovision or had the laser surgery for monovision. Any problems with depth perception and the oncoming tennis ball?

Thank you ChicagoJack Appreciate all the info, have it filed for future references. I am going to measure my improvement in months and years, not days or even weeks. I can tell it is just that kind of injury. Meanwhile, try to manage my tennis and not let my team down, or tear the achilles...

ChicagoJack Did you also do the other exercises the article mentioned. Like the knee presses against the wall, etc. Or did you just stick to the eccentric heel drops?

Chicago Jack- answers to your questions. My pain level before starting the exercises has been all over the board. This episode started with me about 1 1/2 years ago. I used to be an RN so of couse I, like you started researching on the web diligently, since this is not an injury I have ran...

Thanks again for spelling out the specifics on your recovery. It fits my dilema to a T. Just a quick question. Do you have absolutely no pain now, or stiffness after a tough say 2 hour match? And do you have any visual abmormalities left on your heel? You absolutely know more about this...

Wow, I just spent one hour reading all your materials and links. I have ran accross some of this material myself, and tried to do some of the exercises. I have spend my entire medical deductible on PT for my achilles tendinosis. Still battling it and trying to play tennis through it all...

Well,I have been an avid player for about 25 years, now, and actually share some of your injuries. I don't know if being female makes any difference. It seems most of the posts are from the male persuasion. I have had back surgery for L4-L5 ,disc removed. Has been 18 years ago, and I have...

Greetings everyone, I posted a few months ago on this condition. And got some great advise. I am getting quite discouraged with my achilles tendon pain. Have gone to the dr. and am doing some physical therapy. Hot tub, strectches, ultra sound, ice. And stretching at home in between and icing...

thanks for the reply. I do actually have orthotics, I payed around $3oo. for them from a podiatrist a few years ago. But they made my feel ache so much, I could not concentrate and play with them in my shoes. I will try them out for short periods and see if this helps. I play on league, play...

Well, I am not sure what it is. All I know is I have no pain on bottom of foot. Pain is about 2 inches up from bottom on both sides, midway between ankle and bottom. I have checked out website on heelspurs, and they do stress ice, taping and strectching. Have done of these as yet, but was...

The pain is not on bottom of foot, more on both sides of heel. It hurts to apply pressure on sides and back of heel as well. Wow, another place to ice. I have tried arch supports before but they make my feet ache. Maybe I have not tried them long enough. I will try the stretching and icing...

I have been playing tennis for over 20 years, and for last year have been getting lots of pain in rt. heel, especially first thing in morning. It seems to be getting worse lately, is this plantar fascitis? It is starting to bother me, not so much during matches, but right after now. What can...

Yes, the cortisone shot was extremely painful.Felt like it went straight into the joint. I have brother that is dr., he told me to go to a hand specialist but I had my G.P. do it. The problem is an inflammation of the tendon in your fingers, The tendon is so inflamed it will not glide easily...

That's pretty much what I heard when I went to dr. Just to let you know I tried the cortisone shot at base of finger and it helped for about a week and it came right back. Good luck with the acupucture, I agree, no surgery for me. Although this year I played against a player who had just had...

I know exactly what you have. It is called a "trigger finger" You can go to webmd.com and look up the anatomical aspect of it. I have it as well in my pinky finger on racket hand. I have been to dr. and he told me to take Advils, put on finger brace to rest fingers, or in case it gets so bad...

I also wish more ladies would respond on this board. It would be welcome. Come on there must be more of you out there. I have been playing for 25 years,guess that dates me somewhat, and have been through at least 15 raquets. I play 4.0, some days 4.5, mostly doubles. Play in a league of...