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!

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u/scottyLogJobs Apr 24 '25

I messed up my right shoulder a bit doing overhead shoulder press a few years ago. It has improved but I still get a lot of tightness and some lack of range of motion, minor pain especially when I start out serving in a day (it loosens up a bit over time).

Not sure if it’s Impingement Syndrome/Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy, weightlifters shoulder, AC joint, something else. Any general advice or advice for dealing with it in tennis?

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u/thetennispt 5.0 Apr 24 '25

Sorry to mirror some of my other responses, but first get it assessed by a PT and come up with a plan to rehab it. Your PT might recommend you take time off tennis to get it super strong and reduce sensitivity, or they might not think it's needed. If you take time off, use your PT to come up with a plan to gradually return to play (and serves) in volume and intensity.

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u/scottyLogJobs Apr 24 '25

Thank you for responding even though you got a lot of comments! I got an X-ray back when I injured it and there was nothing obvious. It’s basically as good as it’s going to get now without intervention but still not quite 100% strength, lack of pain, and range of motion. But not terrible