How to prevent a shoulder injury?

In this column, we are going to give you some keys to prevent your shoulder pain after your games of Padel. Shoulder pain can have many causes, such as the way you hit your smashes.

The shoulder this great victim of Padel

The most common shoulder problems occur in the part that contains the muscles and tendons that secure the shoulder. This part of the shoulder allows to perform flexion and extension movements, abduction and adduction as well as internal and external rotation movements.

Le Padel is a sport in which the movements we do are very repetitive. This is because the muscles we use the most are the deltoids, biceps and triceps, for the upper body.

This rotation of the shoulder is a source of risk for the joint. The only way to no longer have pain, it would be a postural reeducation, and improve your techniques in the movement of the strikes of your shots. The way you hit the ball is the main trigger for shoulder injuries.

Reasons for a shoulder injury

A bad technique when performing your shots.
A continuous rehearsal without rest during long session.
Make a blow too fast which causes an imbalance in the alignment of your body.

Tips to prevent shoulder injuries

Make a good warm up.

In parts of Padel amateur, the big forgotten is often the most important part: the warm-up. It is not enough to warm up for 5 minutes in the field. You have to dedicate exercises without a ball to properly heat your muscles and joints.

Improve his technique.

Sometimes without realizing it we commit a series of gestures in our blows that are not adequate. Doing them continuously and for a long time can cause shoulder pain. The fact of doing badly certain blows like the Vibora or Bandeja will affect your shoulder.

What to do if the shoulder is in the way?

It takes rest, and stop a few days of play.
Apply ice in the pain area.
Use a treatment with anti-inflammatories.

But the best treatment you can do is to present your shoulder to a specialist, a sports doctor, who can examine the area, and recommend the best treatment to perform.

Alexis Dutour

Alexis Dutour is passionate about padel. With his training in communication and marketing, he puts his skills at the service of padel to offer us articles that are always very interesting.