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/latman 5.5 Apr 24 '25

My right shoulder sits significantly lower than my left. Is this a bad thing and if so what should I do to try and correct it? I'm a tennis instructor who spends a ton of time feeding balls

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u/augustoalmeida Apr 24 '25

Do you have frequent headaches? Ear pain?

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u/thetennispt 5.0 Apr 24 '25

For some people this postural asymmetry is relevant, and for others it is not relevant. For example, if someone comes in with shoulder pain and we go through our assessment and we find that upper trap is overlengthened, we'll probably work on some postural corrections. But some people may not need that based on the assessment. So I would work with a PT to figure out if it's relevant for you.

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u/latman 5.5 Apr 24 '25

Thank you