Question Posted Wednesday September 14 2005, 7:58 am
a couple months ago i had tendonitis in my wrist. i stopped playing tennis for about two weeks and it seemed to heal. but when i sometimes hit the ball really hard it hurts like it did. not all the time though. i think right now it's because of my holding my racket too hard.. but it could be tendonitis. do you think it came back? yesterday we played another school and i played doubles and a really long tiebreaker singles and won.. and it hurt a little during singles. i dont think i'm just over hitting because i can play for hours. what do you think?
angelmcclain answered Friday September 16 2005, 5:44 pm: have you tried wearing a brace, or even talking to your doctor about less strenous exercises you could do at home, to strengthen your wrist. i hope you dont over do it, so take it easy a few days off wont hurt you, it will be worth it to fully heal, rather than keep playing hurt yourself more and never play again. hope i helped [ angelmcclain's advice column | Ask angelmcclain A Question ]
sbloemeke answered Wednesday September 14 2005, 4:15 pm: I do not think that the tendinitis came back. Physical therapy stops it forever unless you reinjure it, which is harder the second time. Yet, I don't think that you every trely fully heal.
For instance, I had knee tendinitis/bursitis from October 31st 2004 until Late June 2005 (17 sessions of physical therapy. Bleh... :P). It was diagnosed as cured, yet I still have some of the symptoms I experianced (Unable to straighten knee, pain, etc...), just to a lesser extent.
I think that the same thing happened to you. You are cured, yet you have it at the lesser extent. It must be some aftermath thing...
Hope this helped!
-Steven [ sbloemeke's advice column | Ask sbloemeke A Question ]
icey0990 answered Wednesday September 14 2005, 2:36 pm: i think its because you had an injury and you kept playing with it. im a tennis player also and i hurt my gfoot 2 months agp..the other day i was playing a hard match and now it hurts again so its probably just that your overusing the wrist. ice it, rest it, and take it easy for a bit is my advice.. [ icey0990's advice column | Ask icey0990 A Question ]
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