Tennis Injury & Pickleball Injury in Knoxville

How Active Adults and Athletes Can Get Out of Pain and Back to Doing What They Love”

“Have you suffered a pickleball or tennis injury? Or maybe you are dealing with a nagging pain that keeps getting worse, and now it is at a point where you’re questioning if it is safe to keep playing, wondering if you are doing more harm than good?

Are you:

• Looking to maintain peak pickleball performance for years to come?
  
• Frustrated with having to bail out on your doubles partner regularly?
• Slowing down on the court, missing shots you could get to just a few months ago?
• Finding it difficult to keep up with your tennis or pickleball friends lately?
• Tired of having to pop ibuprofen every time before you play?

If you have answered yes to these questions, then we can help.

And we have plenty of resources available for you. Are you in the researching stage and wanting to get some good information?

Then be Sure to Checkout Our Blogs:

We have an area partnership with The Pavilion of Pickleballball (PoP) and have regular scheduled health seminars.

Our health seminars include the topics:

• Top 5 Strength Exercises Every Pickleball Player Should Do
  
• 5 Knee Injury Prevention Tips for Pickleball Players
• Physical Therapist Recommended Warm-Up to Prevent Pickleball Injuries
• 4 Movement Test that Predict your Risk of Injury (+ injury prevention tips)

If you would like to see the recordings of these health seminars and keep up-to-date with our pickleball or tennis events, workshops, video tips, and other resources, then join our Facebook group: Pickleball Performance and Injury Support Group: Pickleball Performance and Injury Support Group

We also have recorded a podcast episode: “Let’s Play Pickleball” Podcast Episode that we’d encourage you to listen to.

As you can see, we love pickleball and tennis players and have developed a reputation for helping keep players on the court and going strong.

If you’ve recently suffered atennis injury or a pickleball injury– or if you’ve been suffering with an injury for a while – it’s tempting to pass it off as “nothing serious”. Put simply, you are prepared to “put up with it.”

Your favourite activities and day-to-day lifestyle can feel like a chapter that’s closing. It’s difficult not to become disheartened and end up feeling “stuck”. The questions spin around your mind, trying to comprehend if you’ll ever find a way back to your favorite activities.

Can you get back to feeling strong while suffering a tennis injury?
Can you return to the social lifestyle you enjoyed with family and friends when stuck with a pickleball injury?

It can be tempting after a while to think of yourself as a former athlete, dancer, etc.

If that’s happening to you, then don’t panic. You’re not alone – we see people going through this range of emotions after an injury all the time.

Rather than stressing yourself over tennis or pickleball injuries, I’m going to ask you to consider something.

When the healthiest and strongest athletes across the globe strain themselves and suffer an injury, do they wait and prolong their way back to health? Of course they don’t. They start their treatment and recovery the very next day.

Why?

Because they know that every extra day you aren’t active is another day you are losing wellness and strength. After all, the more strength you lose, the harder it is to recover from an injury – including injuries from tennis and pickleball.

Seeking immediate help seems to be the opposite to most people’s response when getting an athletic injury. It’s why so many people who suffer a sports injury are asking themselves:

“It’s Been Months Now – So Why Am I Still Suffering With an Injury That’s Stopping Me From Being Active and Playing My Favorite Sport?”

Most people think that when they get an injury from tennis or pickleball it’ll get better with a few days rest, and that they’ll be able to return to their sport or exercise again without assistance or action.

However, when they go back to play tennis and pickleball again as a form of exercise, they’re still restricted. Sometimes it’s even worse than it was when it first came on.

Resting may bring relief from pain for a little while, but as soon as you start up again, the pain is back. No matter how much rest you take, the pain doesn’t go away. The situation won’t improve.

Just resting does nothing to get to the why behind your tennis injury or pickleball injury. For example, the pain in your neck could actually be connected to weakness in your back. Resting your neck therefore won’t solve the problem.

Perhaps that pickleball injury or sprain from playing tennis is really due to an underlying stability and muscle imbalance that needs to be addressed.

Does That Sound Like You?

Here’s one scenario that we see all the time in our Knoxville clinic:

Someone has gone to their doctor and their (well-meaning) MD has told them to take a break, rest, and wear a support, alongside a prescription of painkillers to “see how it goes”.

However, after four weeks, they end up going back to the same doctor again because the injury hasn’t healed and the pain hasn’t gotten any better. This lands in instructions for MORE rest and even stronger painkillers.

The problem is that when it comes to sports injuries from tennis and pickleball, complete rest is rarely the best advice. And painkillers only mask the problem.

All of this conflicting information can leave you confused and frustrated. Being told different things, by different people, can cause mayhem. Maybe you think you have a back problem, but it’s actually the hip where the problem came from?

Sports injuries from tennis and pickleball can be very confusing because, more often than not, where the pain is coming from isn’t actually the area that needs to be fixed and worked on. If you rest for too long, other parts of the body become just as, if not more, problematic!

This confusion over “resting” often leads people to continue to procrastinate and put off making a decision about what to do. This doesn’t help fix their injury or assist in their return back to exercise.

Despite what some people think, rest is never the answer to solve any sports or muscle injury. In all my years as a physical therapist working with athletes, I haven’t witnessed any injury in any sport that is helped by prolonged rest.

Worse, many people just end up accepting ‘their days of being active are over’ – as if it’s normal, as if it ‘has’ to be that way.

They unintentionally choose an unnecessary limitation because they don’t believe they can get better, when more often than not, they can!

Is That How You Feel Too?

Why does pain from sporting injuries last longer than it should? It’s easy to get confused because you’ve been told so many different things by different people posing as medical experts.

There are lots of people out there who are happy to give you advice, but not all of the things you hear are reliable. Especially when it comes to tennis injury and pickleball injury.

Your pain might have been caused by something like an awkward angle around the knee when you squat or lift, but it could have been caused by other things that were never properly taken care of (poor posture, alignment issues, weakness and muscle imbalance).

These things – along with that time you lifted or squatted awkwardly – eventually caused that pain you’re now experiencing.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, or you have received poor advice, sporting pain can be very confusing. Because of that fact, many people end up accepting that pain is just part of their life.

Do You Feel That Way Too?

If You’re Currently Frustrated And Living With A Tennis Injury Or Pickleball Injury, Here’s 7 More Reasons Why It Could Be Lasting Longer Than It Should:

• You thought it would go away on it’s own – but it didn’t.
  
• You went to the Doctor who told you to rest, wear a support, and take painkillers – but the pills did nothing to help, and as soon as they wore off, you were left in agonising pain again.
• A family member, or friend, told you that everyone is more prone to Sports Injuries as they get older, so you just accepted it.
• You sought help from other Healthcare Professionals or a Physical Therapists in the past, but nothing they said or did seemed to help.
• You’ve tried using things like heat pads, ice, and sport supports but they’ve done nothing to help make the pain better or return to exercise with ease.
• You thought it would be a good idea to rest because you were in a lot of pain, but it still irritates you daily.
• You decided to get a few “sports massages” hoping that would fix the pain, but all they did was feel a bit ‘painful’ or maybe ‘relaxing’, and didn’t do anything to fix your injury long term…

If any of these have happened to you – we would love to help you by inviting you to book a call to talk with one of our physical therapists at our West Knoxville clinic! We can then find out what can be done to help you.

The fact that you’ve tried any or all of these things already is actually a GOOD THING!

Why? Well, because when you know what doesn’t work – you are closer to finding the thing that does!

Call us if you would like to get some solid advice given to you over the phone. The phone call is complimentary and there is no obligation to book any appointments with us after the call is over.

Our Goal is to Help You Make the Right Decision About What to do Next for the Best…

Here’s 4 things you can do:

• First off, you need to make a decision about getting help. So many people procrastinate for so long, thinking that the pain will ‘just go away with time’, but then 6 months down the line they’re still putting up with it, and nothing’s changed… Or it gets worse and they’re still sitting out from playing sport, or exercise completely.
• Next, do the RIGHT exercises – one of the best things to help you recover quickly and safely from an injury is to do the right series of progressed exercises – the right exercises given to you by a Physiotherapist will help reduce pain, and allow you to move freely and return to sport again quick – and make sure that the problems don’t come back any time soon.
• Avoid “too much rest” – while rest is an important part of the recovery process, too much rest won’t do anything to help you recover quick. Many people believe that recovery means total rest from exercise. But in order for an injury to recover, blood flow is needed which rest prevents. It would really help if you were given appropriate recovery and strengthening exercises to heal the injury, alongside hands-on treatment, to get you active and healthy again as quickly as possible.
• Get real, “hands-on” Physical Therapy – Physical Therapy is proven to help people with Sports Injuries. If your injury is stopping you from playing sport and keeping active, if it’s affecting your job, or if it threatens your independence and gets in the way of spending quality time with family and friends – Simply Physio can help get you back to living the life you deserve as quickly as possible.

If you would like to see how our team can help you return to being active as quickly and safely as possible – we invite you to start with a completely free, no-obligation, risk free appointment:

Note: At your Discovery Session you’ll meet 1-on-1 with one of an expert Physical Therapist. We’ll assess and help you understand the root cause of your pain. If we’re a good fit, we’ll discuss the best next steps. If we’re not, we’ll do everything we can to direct you towards a solution.

So the next question is:

“How Can Simply Physio Help You Get Rid Of Your Tennis Injury And Pickleball Injury For Good?”

Here’s just a few of the things our Specialist Physical Therapy team can do for you:

• We can help you find out what’s really going on, and get to the root cause of your injury once and for all – often inside 20 minutes.
  
• We can quickly take away the pain and stiffness – usually within the first few sessions.
• We will make sure that your problem is “corrected” and “healed” properly – and we will provide you with the perfect set of exercises that will speed up your recovery.
• Pain can “zap” you of energy and keep you from playing your favorite sport and doing your favorite activity – we can help you to enjoy living with more energy each day, and return to doing what you love safely.
• We can help you put an end to needing to take all of those painkillers which are obviously not very good for your long-term health.
• We can help you avoid dangerous surgery – and painful injections.
• We can help you get back to enjoying quality time with family and friends that your injury has taken from you.
• We can help you to finally be able to walk, and move freely, without worrying if the pain is going to get worse and stop you in your tracks.

Basically… the Simply Physio team can help you get back to living life free from daily, annoying and frustrating Sports Injuries, and return to the exercise you love.

If you want to know more about cost and availability, then please call us at (865) 351-0615.

“What Some of our Sports Injury Patients Have to Say…”

Find out how people just like you, came to Simply Physio – and left happier and much healthier!

Betty

In Her 60,s, Knoxville
(tennis and pickleball)

“I was playing pickleball 5 days a week and my ankle got so tight I couldn’t walk after playing and had a lot of pain. Now I’m back on the pickleball court and that was my main goal because that is my fun. Pickleball is social, it’s good exercise, and that is where my friends are. When I couldn’t do it, it was terrible for me. Now my attitude is so much better because Simply Physio got me back on the court. I tell everyone to give them a try because it worked for me and their my friends”

Greg

In His 50’s, Knoxville

“I noticed pain every time I raised my hand above my head, I started getting pain and it got worse and worse to the point that when I was traveling, and I was going through security, I couldn’t keep my arm above my head long enough to go through screening, so it was really starting to impact my life a little bit. . . .The biggest thing is my pain’s gone, my range of motion has been restored to where it was before, I can play racquet sports and I don’t worry about whether there is going to be sharp pain if I try to hit the ball or something, you know. . . It really restored me back to where I was before I started noticing any issues.”

Troy

In His 50’s, Farragut
(avid runner)

I wasn’t exactly sure [I needed a] physical therapist – what’s exactly going to happen? Is that just something I can look online and do? . . . When I got in here, it’s just amazing – because I don’t have the expertise and they have it Simply Physio. Years of education and experience that just the little things, what helped for me to do these different exercises and so forth. They helped me get better to where I could actually run. Before I couldn’t even run two miles. Then it got to the point where I ran the marathon.