I'm surprised nobody mentioned sciatica, yet. I had lower back, hip pain from driving, just on one side. Stretched my piriformis by laying on my back and pulling my knee to chest, then across my body. Went away after a few weeks, and I haven't had the issue again. I think my piriformis was tight and pinching my sciatic nerve. Pigeon pose does the same stretch.
Lower back and hips getting very tight nowdays after tennis!
yossarian
Professional
Because true piriformis syndrome is extremely rare and most of what you're describing is somatic referred pain which typically responds to flexion movements
True nerve related pain is shooting and well localized and not what OP described
optic yellow
Legend
Sciatica is a symptomatic condition derived from numerous different issues.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
This happens to me too, even during late 2nd and 3rd set too if match goes long and i can only serve 1/2 speed after this happens. Is there any ATP tour trainer that knows how to prevent this from happening ?? They seem to work magic on these tour players.
Why not a WTA tour trainer?This happens to me too, even during late 2nd and 3rd set too if match goes long and i can only serve 1/2 speed after this happens. Is there any ATP tour trainer that knows how to prevent this from happening ?? They seem to work magic on these tour players.
I have something similar going on. I've tried all sorts of things, but am currently working on hip mobility - doing strengthening, rolling, and flexibility work on the hip flexors, glutes, and lower abs. I'm doing it with a mobility specialist, so I may not be characterizing everything perfectly. There are a series of cascading issues from weakness and stiffness that cause feet to turn outwards and hips to lose mobility, which in turn create all sorts of downstream issues in posture, movement, and pain. Probably the big culprit is the amount of sitting we do as we get older. In my particular case, I was starting to develop a pooch belly. In doing the training, I am realizing that a lot of it is from muscle weakness in the abdominal floor and lower abs, and not necessarily from actual fat. Obviously that has huge implications for the hips and back. I suspect many people have similar issues, but of course I have no idea if it applies to you. I am having good progress, but it's too early to consider the battle won.
Womble_of_Wimbledon
New User
I had this, didn't get it checked until I ruptured L3 and couldn't walk due to severe nerve impingement. Thankfully I'm making a good recovery and hitting light tennis balls five months later. my advice, for what its worth, see a professional and get a scan.
Rosstour
G.O.A.T.
Rupture? Tell us more
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
i heard this fixes everything
optic yellow
Legend
The disc right?
Womble_of_Wimbledon
New User
Rupture/extrusion, when the fluid pushes through a tear in the spinal disc. This happened at my L3 spinal disc and the extruded fluid landed on a nerve. Beyond painful transfer of pain through the butt/hips and down the front of the leg which had me unable to walk. Its a common injury for people who play sports with a lot of twisting/lunging...A lesson in not prioritising core strength and seeing professionals promptly for injuries...
I started a thread on it and got some really good support: https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/herniated-disc-l3-recovery.774779/
tennishabit
Legend
lolololol m8 4me absolutely opposite. if no 'tennis' every 2nd day i'll b feeling very tight/stiff lowerback areas when wakeup in the morning + bit pain in the lowerback when bending over.
all loose up n feel gr8 after 2k-3k hits n best hitting against a wall w/ music on as much higher intensity than hitting up some1 on a tennis court as less 'downtime'--to pickup balls also a lot of ppl alergic to music on court lololololol.
hitting fh/bh is the best way to generate dophamines etcetc to maintain young+healthy life n ppl call it 'tennis' or watava who cares actually quite similar to addictions on durgs/ciggies/alcoco/etcetc but it's a good/healthy 1 n only
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