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Tendonitis
May 31, 2010
9:31 pm
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Jonathan BEL
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Hi all,

 

How have you been ? 🙂

 

I want to discuss with you about one thing.

 

Recently I’ve been suffering of a “tennis elbow”. According to my specialist, it may be due to the change of my racket (I used a victor beryllium 3000 before my AR 600).

A friend of mine told me that head-heavy rackets may cause those kind of problems but hasn’t given the reasons why.

 

What do you think ?

 

After spending so much money (more than 500€) for my favourite sport, do I have to stop for that ?

Right now I am having some rest due to my exams and I’m going to a physiotherapist. I’ve been suffering of my calcaneal tendons before as well but I manage to continue playing Badminton.

 

Do you have some advices to give ?

 

Jonathan

June 1, 2010
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Hi, I have had a problem with tenis elbow. There is a method you can try which is worth a go as it’s not too exspensiv and doesn’t taken up many hours. Please click HERE for more. It has worked for me, though it took awhile, but I think I wasn’t doing the exercise 100% correct which may have made a difference. It might not work for you but its a good place to start. If you want any help in where to purchase a Flexibar, I can help. I brought myself a green bar.

 

Oh, and post 23 is the best place to start if you don’t fancy reading the whole thing.

 

Hope this helps,

 

 

Pete

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June 1, 2010
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Jonathan

Sorry to read about your injury. Sometimes a change in racquet is damaging, or many reasons. Your move to a head-heavy racquet may have created additional stress to this area. How? First of all, a heavier head means your hands and arms need to work harder in order for you to generate speed with the racquet. Also, they almost try too hard to play the shot as you were before.

This over-trying, coupled with additional tension may be the reasons why you’ve had a problem.

It may be wise to return to your old racquet and consider reducing your tension by say 1lb or 0.5kilo in order to see if the increased sweet spot helps at all.

As your injury is quite severe at the moment, it’s also worth taking a break from the game and giving your injury time to heal. Rest, and ice and heat treatment are worth considering.

Hope this helps. Keep me posted how you’re progressing.

Paul

June 1, 2010
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Hi Paul,

Yeah, I was thinking of playing with my old racket again but didn’t know if it could change something. As you said, it could be worth to give a try. And then, what will I do with my beloved AT-600 ? CryCry As you remember, I couldn’t use my old racket properly, I had a better control with the AT-600. (I also have a Forza 35000 SL which is very light and not head-heavy but couldn’t control it as well)

 

For now, it is clear that I’m resting a lot. I’ll try not to play from now until september but it’s hard as we all know how addicted a badminton player can be to his sport Laugh but at least, my elbow isn’t aching that much (only when I’m doing more or less intense physical efforts).

 

@ Peter : Thank you for your answer. I haven’t read the whole thread about this “flexibar” but it looks quite…ahm simple to use? And in Belgium, I don’t think I will be able to find it somewhere in order to purchase it.

I was thinking about using an elbow support for “more security” when I’m playing but I’m still waiting for the opinion of my specialist. I still have time to decide about which one to choose as it is not sure my wound will heal before the beginning of the new season in Belgium.

June 2, 2010
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Also a point to consider cause I have had this to a minor degree is also ur grip of the racket.

 

Sum players grip their racket to hard all the time which doesnt help things. Make sure that when u do play, your grip is relaxed only on the moment of impact. Sumtimes the best thing that can be done is rest and a ice pack.

 

If it is quite bad, I wud also see a physio or sports masseur

June 2, 2010
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Good point Phil

It’s a regular issue with players that they grip way too hard. The grip should be held firm but light in your hand and squeeze on impact.

Paul

June 7, 2010
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Also a gud thing which can be worn is a strap or support for the elbow jus for a few sessions. Also I find that the Ice sprays like deep freeze are very effective at killing the pain and inflammation almost immediately.

 

Fair enough these are temporary measures in which the area shud be suitably rested and stretched to help aid recovery. Too many times to I see players wearing supports all the time which may stop the pain but the muscle cant get stronger or develop!! But as temporary measures a support can help to heal and minimise damage.

 

The best thing to do is eat right and eat plenty, stretch the muscles well and dont push them too much but in some cases the best thing is good rest.

June 7, 2010
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Hi everybody 🙂

 

Some fresh news about my tendonitis. Hope you will understand what I’m saying ’cause it’s quite difficult to explain properly and English isn’t my first language Yell.

 

My specialist has told me that right now, I’m able to play again but at a frequence of maximum two hours per session of game which means more or less 4 hours per week.

The main reason he has given, is that if I rest too much now, when

I’ll be back on court, I’ll tend to play more in order to catch back my

previous level of game. I’ll force more on my elbow and it may be worse

for the tendonitis. So regular game can be better that an kind of

“all-in-one”. I know I have to rest and I’m still resting now for the exams, so what do you think ? 

 

Of course, I have to stretch properly before and after playing and I’m still going to the physio. I have to develop my muscles around the elbow or something with special exercices with the physio and have to continue those exercices at home… well for that part, I don’t really understand what’s the link between my muscles and my tendons.

 

He told me I can use my AT-600 for playing as it won’t change anything now that I’m already hurt but again, I can’t rush, I have to do things slowly at the beginning.

 

For the grip of my rackets, all of them have a dubble surgrip on it so it is quite thick as I have little hands. Moreover, I’ll buy an elbow support this week normally, according to him, it can help but the muscles of the elbow relax a little bit. I guess I’ll have to put ice on my elbow after each session of game.

 

So what do you think ? (If you need more explanations, just ask…) 🙂

 

Jonathan

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