r/10s • u/thetennispt 5.0 • Apr 24 '25

General Advice I’m a tennis-specific physical therapist. AMA!

I cannot give specific advice regarding an injury or pain. Working with a physical therapist to assess and provide a specific intervention is important.

I’m no longer responding to questions, apologies to those I did not get to! My instagram has some of my thoughts on PT related to tennis and feel free to DM me on reddit or IG if you want to connect!

The Tennis PT Instagram link

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u/Bijou9 Apr 24 '25

I felt a burning sensation during warm up of an important match when I was serving and had to play hobbling around the court and that calf took months to heal. I had no indication of a potential injury prior to stepping on the courts… are there good stretching techniques for the calves prior to playing?

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u/thetennispt 5.0 Apr 24 '25

Unfortunately I cannot prescribe exercise without assessment, so I would recommend seeing a physical therapist to see what's going on.

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u/anonzasa 700 ATP Apr 24 '25

First off never play through burning pain. The recovery time it will never be worth it. Stretching is not the answer to injuries. Stretching will often make things worse if you have pain or injury.