Other Racket Sports

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by Arthur Cuenco1 view·Updated May 27, 2020

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  1. what you get out of today's webinar is definitely more
  2. tennis specific.
  3. However, as a clinician, you should be able to treat
  4. athletes who play other record sports such as pickleball, table
  5. tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and your zeal are similar in
  6. the sense that there is a racket.
  7. There's a ball.
  8. Uh oh are in badminton what they call a birdie.
  9. And then there's the player themselves.
  10. So understanding a little bit of the basic, uh, biomechanics
  11. of this swing can also help you and, um, interpret.
  12. What kind of exercise is to give them what kind
  13. of education?
  14. But really, they're the experts, you know, if this is
  15. something that they're passionate about, if it's their sport, then
  16. they will guide you through.
  17. You know the proper movements to do the stroke, various
  18. strokes and you as ah clinician should just be able
  19. to use your your knowledge and your expertise to determine
  20. what are the goals for the individual and, you know,
  21. based on your you know, your history taking and your
  22. objective measurements and findings.
  23. And then, obviously you're specific tests to determine whether this
  24. could be a tissue related problem or a joint, or
  25. maybe it's, Ah, stability, motor control problem.
  26. You know, uh, it's referred pain coming from, you know,
  27. the spine.
  28. So using your clinical, your reasoning to be able to
  29. do come up with the clinical impression and they determine
  30. you know what course of action?
  31. The purpose of the talk was really to, uh, to
  32. show you how passionate I am about treating tennis players
  33. from a physiotherapy is perspective, but that I can certainly
  34. reach out to other athletes, play racquet sports, create a
  35. connection with them and be able to provide the right
  36. kind of care that an education that they will require
  37. in order for them to get better.
  38. And I'm very confident that you will also be able
  39. to provide that Andi, hopefully today's webinar would have been
  40. able to give you a little insight on tennis, but
  41. that you can also the confidence to help people also
  42. play the other great racket sports out there