There are many types of injuries associated with pickleball, one of the most common being Knee Pain. Knee pain/stiffness and pickleball seem to come hand in hand for many of us. Why is that? There are some factors about the game which increase stress on the knees that are out of our control.
It is a modality used in addition to physical therapy interventions that can assist with expediting the healing process by creating a cascade of events that excites the cells of the body and lets the body know that there is an area that needs more help with healing.
So you must know a little about physical therapy if you made it to this site, however did you know that there are specialities that exist? There are orthopedics (looking more at the bones and muscle injuries) most people who think of PT are thinking about orthopedics (I.e. healing after ACL repair or you have shoulder pain because of arthritis).
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy, where common peripheral nerves become compressed.
While being flexible certainly has its benefits, especially for someone who participates in activities such as dance or gymnastics, it also can come at a cost.
BFR has become a popular tool for rehab because it simulates higher stress on the body while maintaining the training resistance at a low load.
Shin splints can usually be linked to overloading the muscles of the lower extremities with high mileage running programs, hard running surfaces, high impact activities (sprinting, jumping) or they can also be attributed to biomechanical and/or anatomical irregularities.
Myofascial tissue is a network of tissue that spreads throughout your entire body. It connects your muscles, joints, and bones. It also provides support to your organs, helping to keep them in place.
In a healthy situation, our injuries heal in four progressive phases beginning with hemostasis which occurs immediately after a wound in the body.
As you recently learned about faulty gait mechanics due to tibial torsion in the knee, another common cause of knee pain with physical activity is limited hip range of motion (ROM). It is vital that your pelvis, hip, knee and foot joints maintain full ROM when performing any sort of high-impact movements such as running.
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