Preventing and managing pickleball injuries
America’s fastest-growing sport, pickleball, is also a growing source of injuries. From sprains and strains to fractures, pickleball-related injuries are on the rise. The low-impact sport is easy on the joints, but injuries are possible, especially among older adults. From 2010–2019, 86% of emergency department visits due to pickleball injuries were in people older than 60.
Physicians say the benefits of playing pickleball — improved cardiovascular health, strength and agility, balance and coordination, and joint health — outweigh the injury risks.
Learn how you can play it safe while playing pickleball. Watch physical therapist John Klass with the CMH Willard Rehabilitation Clinic as he demonstrates stretches to do before and after playing pickleball - or any sport.
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