Racquet for a bad shoulder/back?
Question:My dad is starting to play tennis again and I am wondering what racquet he should buy. He has a nerve problem that ranges from his shoulder to his upper back. What I have already come up with is that I need to get him an oversize racket and string it very loose. I'd say like maybe a 54 lb tension.
Anyone know a specific racquet that is meant for those who have weaker shoulders/ back problems?
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Rest - the 'Rest' racquet should do the job!I have an old 'war-horse', shoulder injury myself:
I'd like to get back into the Veeball [wall downball] game; but I know that after only a certain amount of play and the type of 'power' hitting that is involved with the game, I'm going to start to notice those pangs again.
The only answer is that once an injury sets in, or when we reach certain ages that are also accompanied with bodily break-down of some kind, the only thing one can do is pace oneself in life ... and you might even find that to properly recover from nagging soreness [at least, for a period] he will need to also have the occasional 6 to 8 weeks complete 'break' from the activity.
There is no actual racquet which can help spinal problems.
What I find helpful, generally, through my back, is to learn how to do my own relaxation exercises that unlock and stretch and open up the spinal vertebrae ... Quite often I even need to do these relaxed stretches a number of times per day!
It is important to relax when doing these moves, and let the weight of the body or stretched position itself open up the spine.
So there is no easy way out.
He needs to learn these backstretching exercises; he'll think of some himself, if he simply realizes his main aim is to stretch the back.
The most difficult manouvre, however, will be the exercise that unlocks the 'sacro-iliac' joints, either side near the base of the spine - each side; it requires a held RELAXED twisted position of the hip and lower spinal section. He would need to get personal instruction on that one probably, because if he coudn't figure out what I was speaking of, it could merely serve to throw the spine out ... but there are a few different methods to approach this manouvre that one can learn to do for oneself, but you just need to know the actual principles involved when you do it, and what you are actually aiming to do when you make the manouvre.
Good Luck with it all.
- City
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If he has a shoulder and back problem I don't think any racquet will be "good" for him. The impact of the ball and the constant movement will likely aggravate the problem still.I used the O3 white spectrum and I loved it because it was oversized and light. Try that.
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