The Most Common Injuries for a Padel Player and how to Prevent them by Choosing the Right Padel Court
The many health benefits that Padel can provide are now well known. While it is a sport accessible to people of all ages and levels, it is recognized for being very dynamic and providing a healthy lifestyle that combines fun with physical activity. But also especially in padel, injuries are always around the corner. In this article, we will discuss the most common ones and how to prevent them both through training, but also by not underestimating the importance of the type of padel court you play on.
Most common injuries
Epicondylitis or "tennis elbow": this is by far the most common injury and results from the repeated stress to which the elbow joint is subjected while hitting the ball hard. To date, many racquets on the market have special technologies that reduce vibration and limit the problem. It is not uncommon to see many people playing with braces at the elbow to keep it more firm and prevent the problem.
Shoulder pain: Similar to the previous one, it is because in padel the shoulders are highly stressed, particularly so in overhead shots such as the smash, bandeja, and vibora that involve real rotation of the joint.
Sprained Knees and Ankles: one of the most characteristic aspects of padel is the sudden shifts and changes of direction that, in some cases especially without proper warming up, can lead to knee or ankle pain and in the worst cases even to a sprain or worse ligament rupture.
Back Pain: The lower back is particularly stressed in padel and, especially in beginner players who adopt an incorrect stance and posture, can lead to contractures and intense muscle pain that require several days of rest before resuming play.
How to prevent these injuries?
Warm-up and stretching: it is essential before and after playing, to spend at least 10 minutes on stretching to prepare muscles and joints for exertion making them more flexible and reducing the risk of injury.
Correct Technique: taking lessons from an instructor can prove important to improve one's technique in strokes and posture and thus avoid stressing muscles and joints in the wrong way and getting injured.
Recovery: especially in untrained individuals, providing the right recovery in order not to overload muscles and joints is crucial to avoid causing muscle pain and injury.
Why can the Padel Court make a difference in injury prevention?
Another aspect of injury prevention, and one that is often underestimated, is choosing the correct padel court considering all three of its components: structure (especially the fences), glass, and synthetic turf. Anyone who has ever played Padel knows well the muscle pain of impacting on classic iron fences or glass walls, not to mention the eventuality that the latter may break into a thousand pieces.
At NXPadel, we have designed our Fiberglass padel courts in such a way as to ensure new benefits for all stakeholders involved, and players certainly could not be excluded:
Fiberglass Fences: Our Fiberglass fences have incredible elasticity compared to iron fences, and this ensures unparalleled shock absorption with players' bodies and prevents contractures and muscle pain.
ComfortGlass: the same can be said for ComfortGlass which, thanks to its special composition, is far more elastic than tempered glass and guarantees shock absorption and, being indestructible, also totally safe.
ZeroS: ZeroS is our synthetic turf mat, the first in the world to be completely sand-free. In addition to its countless advantages both in terms of installation and maintenance, ZeroS also represents a step forward in terms of unprecedented foot grip due to the absence of sand, which in the case of padel (characterized by fast changes of direction) is essential.
In short, never again ankle or knee sprains due to too slippery a surface!
So, getting injured in padel is possible, as in all sports, and we hope that after this article you will have a clearer idea of what to do to prevent them! And if you can reduce this eventuality even more simply by choosing designed specifically for the well-being of players such as our Fiberglass Padel Courts with ComfortGlass and ZeroS, you are on the right track to enjoy Padel every day without worries and in total safety!
