Rotator cuff (shoulder/upper arm) pain, wrist pain...

[Nanshiki]

I seem to have been having shoulder and upper arm pain for the last month or so. I think it might be a rotator cuff thing...

Yesterday my wrist hurt pretty badly, I think I might have wrist tendinitis.

Any ideas how long I should lay off of it to make the pain go away, or anything besides icing it down?

 

[LeeD]

Rest, ice, heat.
Stay off until it doesn't hurt when you play.
Could it be because you're swinging a heavy racket? :shock::twisted::shock:

 

[SuperDuy]

Rest, ice, heat.
Stay off until it doesn't hurt when you play.
Could it be because you're swinging a heavy racket? :shock::twisted::shock:

Sore wrist now, but thats because I played for 6 hours today. :shock:
Little sore but im young i will heal, how long were you out when you started dom?

 

[Nanshiki]

Rest, ice, heat.
Stay off until it doesn't hurt when you play.
Could it be because you're swinging a heavy racket? :shock::twisted::shock:

Probably from hitting 100 100-MPH serves every day for a month, even after it started hurting, and doing a job that stresses my wrists and shoulders.

 

[salsainglesa]

dont do that... if you had good technique you could, but you ought to develop good technique first and then power will come. If you are having pain, then you are doing something you shouldn't.
Work on your rythm and swing, and afterwards precision... only hit a few powerful serves just to check how are you doing.

 

[Nanshiki]

Uh... nothing is wrong with my technique (except I miss too much). It's primarily an overuse thing.

You will eventually hurt yourself if you play high-level tennis (or something similar) long enough, even if you do everything right.

 

[ManuGinobili]

Rest as long as it takes, don't make the mistake of continuing playing (well, at least continuing this habit). Don't take these injuries slightly, the longer your denial process the worse consequence you're gonna face

 

[Jonny S&V]

You will eventually hurt yourself if you play high-level tennis (or something similar) long enough, even if you do everything right.

If you know this, why are you even asking this? Doesn't common sense tell you to take it easy and ice it after you hit? Are you warming up correctly before you serve?

 

[Nanshiki]

Yes...with slower serves.

I know it in my head but I still want to go out and play anyway, which is making the problem worse.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

It appears that quite a few of these Health & Fitness questions have been ending up in the wrong forum as of late.

 

[Nanshiki]

No one goes there. I'm not going to post a question where it will never get answered.

 

[OKUSA]

a lot of people go there, maybe if you actually spent time to check it out

 

[Nanshiki]

A lot of people meaning half as many as Tips/Instruction, with 1/4th the total posts?

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

^^^ Not true that no one visits the H&F forum.

A lot of people meaning half as many as Tips/Instruction, with 1/4th the total posts?

Not a good reason for cluttering up the Tips forum with H&F issues. Obviously, more ppl are interested in tips/instruction than with health concerns, that is why there are more ppl & more posts here. Because there are so many posts here, many threads will end up on the 2nd or 3rd page in a relatively short time (where they are often forgotten by many readers).

Better to go with the H+F forum where your thread will stay on page 1 for a longer time (and not be forgotten so readily). Surprised that the mods have not moved some of the threads.

Edit - something else to consider: Some of most qualified, most informative posters in the H+F forum do not frequent the Tips/Instruction forum very much. Therefore, you might get more unqualified yahoos answering your H+F question in this forum than you would get in the H&F forum (altho' there are still some uneducated, nonsense answers in that forum as well).
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[shoulderpainrick]

Over exertion of the shoulder can really be a pain. That is why it is essential to perform Simple Stretches, Range Of Motion and Strength Exercises to get rid of the pain and restore your shoulder's proper functionality.

 

[FedExpress117]

I'm still rehabbing from a rotator cuff injury that's lasted me 2 and a half months.. I also have some wrist pains as well, so listen to me carefully.. first, the mistakes I did were playing when I shouldn't have.. rest it!! Also, use ice effectively.. don't have it on your shoulder for more than 20 minutes at a time (do like 15 minutes rest and then keep icing it 20 mins more, maybe for 2 hours, depending on how bad it is). Probably the most important part of this all is preventing.. resistance bands will prevent that. Using them to build muscle and endurance as well as stretch your rotator cuff (especially before you play) will prevent further injury..

 

[new_tennis_player]

I'm sure you have made an appointment to see a physician, yes?

I seem to have been having shoulder and upper arm pain for the last month or so. I think it might be a rotator cuff thing...

Yesterday my wrist hurt pretty badly, I think I might have wrist tendinitis.

Any ideas how long I should lay off of it to make the pain go away, or anything besides icing it down?

 

[Nanshiki]

Hell no, I don't have insurance.

 

[shoulderpainrick]

If the pain is so severe and you are really bothered about it then it is highly recommended that you see a physician. This is the best solution I guess.

 

[charliefedererer]

Another vote for seeing a sports medicine orthopod with a special interest in shoulders of throwing athletes.

If you have a structural problem, you don't want to make it worse.

Thankfully for most, a period of rest followed by a period of rehab is what is most often needed. The rehab builds up the rotator cuff muscles and the muscles that stabilize the scapula: www.asmi.org/SportsMed/media/thrower10.swf

The problem in tennis is that tremendous forward forces are generated by the large muscles of the body and arm. But it is relatively small muscles in the shoulder that have to stop the forward forces. These small muscles at the back of the shoulder can become "stretched out" so that it is the non-elastic tendons and ligaments that then are resisting braking the forward motion.

The same thing can happen at the wrist (or elbow). That is why doing the thrower's ten is good "preventative medicine" for anyone that had problems and doesn't want a recurrence, as well as anyone who just doesn't want to develop problems in the first place.

 

[Nanshiki]

If the pain is so severe and you are really bothered about it then it is highly recommended that you see a physician. This is the best solution I guess.

The pain isn't that bad, it's just annoying and I want it to go away so I can keep playing.

 

[larry10s]

The pain isn't that bad, it's just annoying and I want it to go away so I can keep playing.

whatever you are feeling is not normal and is not going away.SEE A DOCTOR
just my 2 cents

 

[Jonny S&V]

The pain isn't that bad, it's just annoying and I want it to go away so I can keep playing.

Last I checked, annoying is bad. Seriously, suck up the "financial loss" and go see a specialist (orthopedic surgeons are typically the best, although they can be knife happy. Just don't let them push you into surgery and ask about rehab).

 

[Yaz]

Just had some shoulder pain which persisted for 2 weeks after a league match. Stopped playing and went to see my doctor who said it was tendonitis. He prescribed some extra strength anti-inflammatories and icing 3 times/day. Seems to have worked as my arm no longer hurts when I raise it above my head. Going to try hitting this week to see how it feels.

As others have said you should probably get a professional to have a look at it...I wouldn't risk long-term damage if I were you.

 

[Nanshiki]

My arm only hurts the day after practice. I still have a full range of movement.

My wrist pain has basically gone away; I think it was a one-day thing. Part of it has to do with my grip being to small (was using a 3/8 but I really prefer a 1/2).

I'm moving to Japan in two months and have to save up EVERY dime I make to cover my first month's expenses. I may be getting coverage soon, so I'll handle it then, and just lay off the serve practice for a while.