Mgooding11
New User
Hi All -
New here! Have been an avid tennis player most of my life. Consistently playing around the 3.5 > 4.0 level. I have recently jumped back into paying consistently, twice a week for past few months using my old Wilson K factor Pro Open (11.3 Oz strung). I first got this racket way back in highschool (Upgrade from KSurge which was a much lighter racquet, around 10.4 Oz strung).
I remember years ago when I switched to the KFactor Pro Open I started to get wrist pain so to avoid, I just stuck with my KSurge and all was well. Years later through college I played much less frequently and found the KFactor to be just fine.
Fast forward to today...back at it and for about the last month or so, my hand and wrist have been stiff and finding pain when playing (thought it usually goes away once I get really warm and loose). Though, after and next day and so on, I have that pain in my hand/wrist. Has been this way for about a month now. I ice and rest it, wrap it, all the above and seems to be staying the same. The ulnar side (pinky) has pain, but not too bad...but the more aggravating area is on the top of my hand under my index finger, right in the middle between the knuckle and my wrist. The area that gets tight when you use a knife to cut something (to help reference where I am talking about).
I am 29 years old and in good shape and relatively strong, so I am not sure why this racquet seems to be causing pain for me, thought it certainly seems to be the common denominator when looking at history for me.
So really have a coupe questions:
1) Do we think the culprit is the racquet? The weight? The balance? I prefer this weight for power and feel so really dont want to go back to a light one.
2) What do we think causes the pain on back of my hand (noted above)? I would think it comes from strain and pressure from my grip, particularly how I am squeezing the grip with my index finger I presume...
Curious to hear thoughts!
New here! Have been an avid tennis player most of my life. Consistently playing around the 3.5 > 4.0 level. I have recently jumped back into paying consistently, twice a week for past few months using my old Wilson K factor Pro Open (11.3 Oz strung). I first got this racket way back in highschool (Upgrade from KSurge which was a much lighter racquet, around 10.4 Oz strung).
I remember years ago when I switched to the KFactor Pro Open I started to get wrist pain so to avoid, I just stuck with my KSurge and all was well. Years later through college I played much less frequently and found the KFactor to be just fine.
Fast forward to today...back at it and for about the last month or so, my hand and wrist have been stiff and finding pain when playing (thought it usually goes away once I get really warm and loose). Though, after and next day and so on, I have that pain in my hand/wrist. Has been this way for about a month now. I ice and rest it, wrap it, all the above and seems to be staying the same. The ulnar side (pinky) has pain, but not too bad...but the more aggravating area is on the top of my hand under my index finger, right in the middle between the knuckle and my wrist. The area that gets tight when you use a knife to cut something (to help reference where I am talking about).
I am 29 years old and in good shape and relatively strong, so I am not sure why this racquet seems to be causing pain for me, thought it certainly seems to be the common denominator when looking at history for me.
So really have a coupe questions:
1) Do we think the culprit is the racquet? The weight? The balance? I prefer this weight for power and feel so really dont want to go back to a light one.
2) What do we think causes the pain on back of my hand (noted above)? I would think it comes from strain and pressure from my grip, particularly how I am squeezing the grip with my index finger I presume...
Curious to hear thoughts!
