PrestigeDave45
Semi-Pro
Hello Folks I hope I can explain this as clearly and simply as possible and would appreciate your thoughts.
About 6 months ago I was playing doubles. While standing at the net one of the opposition decided it would be a good idea to drive the ball directly at me. It was! He hit the ball with such intent that I had no choice but to make a sudden movement to get out of its path to avoid being hit. As I made the sudden movement my right shoulder seemed to temporarily dislocate. 10 minutes late we retired as my arm was now giving me pain spasms anytime I made contact with the ball.
I took a break from tennis for a few weeks in the hope things would come right and in the short term and while my shoulder didnt seem quite perfect I still felt it was playable so I started back playing doubles again. Not too much pressure on my shoulder but every now and again a dead pain in my shoulder usually brought on by a service shank or off centre service hit.
In many respects the injury made me clean up my stroke technique most especially on service.
However the shoulder pain still remains. If i place my arm out at 90 degrees from my body and turn my hand slowly i notice that at some stage in the process i lose all control of my arm. This does not always happen and often times seems to happen at different stages of the hand rotation.
I have been to physio and she has diagnosed my problem as a shoulder subloxation and tells me that its ok to play 3 or 4 times a week.
I do the recommended exercises, resistance bands etc strengthening the shoulder and rotator cuff as recommended but I have to say that overall I have made no progress with this injury and am now considering giving up tennis for a few months to give the injury real time to heal.
Im sure some of you guys will have had or be familiar with this prob.
Im 48 years old playing to a high standard in both singles and doubles.(well I think its high anyway) I play the top tier tournaments here.
This problem though seems to have gotten the better of me. Sometimes it seems to get better but looking back it was all wishful thinking as the pain always returns. Sometimes theres an audible crack in the arm/shoulder joint. Actually this is quite frequent.
Should I stop playing? If so for how long? What exercises do you recommend?
Thank you in advance
David
About 6 months ago I was playing doubles. While standing at the net one of the opposition decided it would be a good idea to drive the ball directly at me. It was! He hit the ball with such intent that I had no choice but to make a sudden movement to get out of its path to avoid being hit. As I made the sudden movement my right shoulder seemed to temporarily dislocate. 10 minutes late we retired as my arm was now giving me pain spasms anytime I made contact with the ball.
I took a break from tennis for a few weeks in the hope things would come right and in the short term and while my shoulder didnt seem quite perfect I still felt it was playable so I started back playing doubles again. Not too much pressure on my shoulder but every now and again a dead pain in my shoulder usually brought on by a service shank or off centre service hit.
In many respects the injury made me clean up my stroke technique most especially on service.
However the shoulder pain still remains. If i place my arm out at 90 degrees from my body and turn my hand slowly i notice that at some stage in the process i lose all control of my arm. This does not always happen and often times seems to happen at different stages of the hand rotation.
I have been to physio and she has diagnosed my problem as a shoulder subloxation and tells me that its ok to play 3 or 4 times a week.
I do the recommended exercises, resistance bands etc strengthening the shoulder and rotator cuff as recommended but I have to say that overall I have made no progress with this injury and am now considering giving up tennis for a few months to give the injury real time to heal.
Im sure some of you guys will have had or be familiar with this prob.
Im 48 years old playing to a high standard in both singles and doubles.(well I think its high anyway) I play the top tier tournaments here.
This problem though seems to have gotten the better of me. Sometimes it seems to get better but looking back it was all wishful thinking as the pain always returns. Sometimes theres an audible crack in the arm/shoulder joint. Actually this is quite frequent.
Should I stop playing? If so for how long? What exercises do you recommend?
Thank you in advance
David
