Le padel is a sport that puts a strain on your body and especially the joints. This asymmetrical sport, which mixes jumps, rests, changes of direction and rotational movements, can cause injuries that it is important to know and prevent.

Le padel is one of the sports which can cause serious injuries due to:

  • Au imbalance of the body and muscle compensation,
  • At theexplosive movements : accelerations, blockages, changes of direction, jumps or squatting position of defense,
  • Now repetition of strikes.

To try to avoid these lesions, it is important to warm up well, stretch, but also accustom your joints to the effort. The more you practice the padel at an advanced level, the more you will need to work these joints.

Shoulder and elbow

To prevent shoulder and elbow injuries, we offer you an exercise to do at home, in the weight room or even on a padel. With an elastic, glue your elbow to your body and stretch the elastic, then control the relaxation as in the photos. So you can work or just warm up the joints. After your match, feel free to stretch the muscles of the shoulder, arm and forearm. To avoid tendinitis you can even apply ice.

Knees and ankles

These joints are also very stressed during a match. padel. Explosive accelerations, blockages, changes of direction, jumps, in short, a large number of movements that will strain your joints. Our advice: muscling the parts encompassing the knees.

The exercises that give the best results are those made on the Bosu, this unstable hemisphere. Several exercises with or without pala can be done in order to work all the muscles of the leg.

For people who would like to work alone at home and do not have the necessary equipment,chair exerciseseated against a wall, and one of the most effective and safest.

4 areas are important to protect and maintain: knees, ankles, elbows and shoulders. Take great care during your preparation, warm-up and recovery because a lesion of one of these joints is long to heal.

Source: preparaciónfísicapadel.com

 

Julien Bondia

Julien Bondia is a teacher of padel in Tenerife (Spain). Columnist and advisor, he helps you play better through his tutorials and tactical/technical articles padel.

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