As a social tennis player, everywhere I go, I get enquiries from people regarding arm injuries especially on the tennis elbow. I am a golfer’s elbow sufferer which is the same like tennis elbow except that it is on the inside of the elbow. I’ve came out with this helpful guide for all of you who has some form of arm problem, be it elbow, wrist or shoulder. This guide will help you in choosing the proper gear in order for you to have safer tennis activities.
One important note that I would like to put out is that you should always rest, rehabilitate & strengthen your injured arm before you continue tennis. Never play when you have injuries & dont listen to advice that says you can get better by playing through your injury especially on the tennis elbow. It can only get worse if you play on. I’m not going to elaborate further on tennis elbow as you can find tons of information about it on the internet.
To start off, when we talk about gear & it’s effect on your arm, we’re mainly talking about ‘Shock transmission’. Tennis elbow are caused by shock transmission from the ball to your gear & then to your arm. So let me get this straight, there are no gear in this world that can save you from the pain of tennis elbow. When you have tennis elbow especially at the serious stage, hitting the ball with a pillow would leave you squirming in pain. So stop playing when you’re injured & follow this guide if you want some safer gear in order to reduce the chances of reinjuries. (more…)