Categoría: Prevención de Lesiones

The lifted forehand overloads the wrist-forearm complex when timing, racket path, and grip mechanics are faulty. If coaches understand the kinematic chain and forearm load distribution, then they can modify technique and training to reduce strain, guide early physiotherapy, and prevent progression to chronic forearm tendinopathy in tennis players. Essential Biomechanical Findings at a Glance…

To choose the right grip to reduce wrist strain, keep your wrist in a neutral, straight line, match handle diameter to your hand size, and use materials that avoid slipping without forcing you to squeeze hard. Combine this with good posture, load progression, and timely reassessment if pain appears. Wrist Strain: Essential Selection Criteria Keep…

Elite «tennis elbow» cases usually go wrong when athletes play through pain, receive late or incomplete diagnosis, and follow generic rehab instead of load‑specific plans. If clinicians and coaches detect early warning signs, adjust training loads, and apply targeted strengthening, then most professional tennis elbow injuries can be controlled without long career breaks. Concise clinical…

To detect elbow overload in tennis safely you need: appropriate sensores para prevenir codo de tenista (IMUs, EMG and force sensors), correct placement on forearm and racket, calibration at rest and low speed, structured data collection during strokes, and simple thresholds that trigger alerts before pain, guiding coaching and rehab changes. Essential insights on sensor-based…

Chronic wrist injuries in young tennis players are often career-ending not because they are untreatable, but because pain is normalised, diagnosis is delayed and rehab is incomplete. Understanding early warning signs, growth-plate vulnerability, and clear return‑to‑play criteria helps coaches, parents and clinicians prevent promising juniors from abandoning tennis prematurely. Core clinical and career takeaways from…

The ideal way to protect your elbow is to combine a soft, elastic string (usually multifilament or soft synthetic gut), medium‑low tension adapted to your level, and clean stroke mechanics with good body rotation. Avoid stiff, high‑tension polyester, oversized grips and off‑center hitting, and monitor any pain after play. Core principles for reducing elbow load…

If a tennis player presents with wrist or elbow pain, then the court surface (clay, hard, grass) should immediately enter your differential. Each surface alters footwork, ball speed, impact forces and grip demands. If you understand these patterns, then you can tailor diagnosis, prevention and rehabilitation much more precisely. Clinical snapshot: surface influence on wrist…

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia) affects tendons on the outside of the elbow, usually from backhand and grip overload; golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylalgia) affects tendons on the inside, often from forehands, serves or topspin. Differentiating pain location, provoking strokes and simple clinical tests guides low-cost treatment, brace selection and safe return to play. Clinical distinctions between…

Por qué el mango de la raqueta manda sobre tu codo El dolor de codo en jugadores de club casi nunca aparece “de la nada”: suele ser la suma de mala técnica, exceso de carga y, muy a menudo, un mango de raqueta mal elegido. El diámetro del grip determina cómo se activa la musculatura…

Historia y evolución del calentamiento de codo y muñeca De gesto improvisado a rutina planificada Durante años, el calentamiento del brazo se reducía a cuatro movimientos rápidos y poco pensados: un par de giros, un par de golpes suaves y a jugar. La mayoría de deportistas ni diferenciaba entre codo y muñeca, se asumía que…