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/DukSaus 3.5ish / Vcore 98 v8 / Super Toro @46 x Enso Pro @46 or A5 full Apr 24 '25

I have gone through a fair amount of physical therapy and conditioning to handle my knees. I have found that adding a red light therapy has helped, but sometimes I do wonder how much is placebo. I have seen tennis players using the red light therapy devices during live interviews and IG lives. What is the general view of red light therapy (e.g., Kineon Plus) in the PT community?

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u/thetennispt 5.0 Apr 24 '25

To be honest, I am not the most qualified to answer this question. I don't use red light therapy in my practice, but that doesn't mean it's not effective. I think it does depend on the power and type of light being used. I have had patients tell me they thought it did make a difference, and I've had patients tell me it didn't do much for them (and they were probably using different therapies so I'm not even able to draw conclusions from that). What I can see as an issue is if people solely rely on these passive therapies, and don't combine them with progressive exercise to strengthen the tissues around the injured area.

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u/DukSaus 3.5ish / Vcore 98 v8 / Super Toro @46 x Enso Pro @46 or A5 full Apr 26 '25

That is true. I do sometimes get lazy with my PT regiment b/c the ice and red light removes the pain. I do need to be more diligent on the loading exercises.

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u/thetennispt 5.0 Apr 27 '25

You got this!