http://www.hygenicblog.com/2009/05/16/musculoskeletal-injury-prevention-performance-enhancement-screening-for-professional-tennis-players/ Research and News Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hygenicblog.com/2009/05/16/musculoskeletal-injury-prevention-performance-enhancement-screening-for-professional-tennis-players/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Bill Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:40:50 +0000 http://blog.thera-bandacademy.com/?p=262#comment-1027 Peter, please elaborate or provide references. Peter, please elaborate or provide references.

]]> http://www.hygenicblog.com/2009/05/16/musculoskeletal-injury-prevention-performance-enhancement-screening-for-professional-tennis-players/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Peter Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:39:59 +0000 http://blog.thera-bandacademy.com/?p=262#comment-14 Unless you change the anatomical position of the body ( the 8 load bearing joints) as they relate to each other plus the position of the joint itself....nothing is going to really change for the athelete. They will continue to have injuries and limited performance. All the "bands, balls, loops, and weights will do nothing for this!! I would love to see you create a nuetral hip position "hands off" with all your toys. It will never happen! Unless you change the anatomical position of the body ( the 8 load bearing joints) as they relate to each other plus the position of the joint itself….nothing is going to really change for the athelete. They will continue to have injuries and limited performance. All the “bands, balls, loops, and weights will do nothing for this!! I would love to see you create a nuetral hip position “hands off” with all your toys. It will never happen!

]]> http://www.hygenicblog.com/2009/05/16/musculoskeletal-injury-prevention-performance-enhancement-screening-for-professional-tennis-players/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Thera-Band Exercises for Tennis Players to Prevent Injuries « Thera-Band Academy Blog Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:31:22 +0000 http://blog.thera-bandacademy.com/?p=262#comment-13 [...] Thera-Band Exercises for Tennis Players to Prevent Injuries 13 09 2009 As with all sports, tennis injuries are all too common. The repetitive nature of tennis predispose players to many injuries as a result of muscle imbalance. Believe it or not, tennis players suffer from lower extremity injuries more than shoulder injuries. Todd Ellenbecker DPT, MS, CSCS, Director of the Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic, recently published an article in Strength & Conditioning Journal on exercises to reduce injury risk in tennis players.  In the August 2009 issue, Ellenbecker and his co-authors provided a list of exercises to help reduce injury risk for the shoulder, elbow, hip, and core in tennis players.  The exercises dont require expensive machines or equipment; instead, portable and inexpensive Thera-Band® products are suggested including Thera-Band bands, tubing and loops, Thera-Band Soft Weights and Exercise Balls, and cuff weights.  As Director of Sports Medicine for the ATP Tour, Ellenbecker and the international team of physiothe... [...] [...] Thera-Band Exercises for Tennis Players to Prevent Injuries 13 09 2009 As with all sports, tennis injuries are all too common. The repetitive nature of tennis predispose players to many injuries as a result of muscle imbalance. Believe it or not, tennis players suffer from lower extremity injuries more than shoulder injuries. Todd Ellenbecker DPT, MS, CSCS, Director of the Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic, recently published an article in Strength & Conditioning Journal on exercises to reduce injury risk in tennis players.  In the August 2009 issue, Ellenbecker and his co-authors provided a list of exercises to help reduce injury risk for the shoulder, elbow, hip, and core in tennis players.  The exercises dont require expensive machines or equipment; instead, portable and inexpensive Thera-Band® products are suggested including Thera-Band bands, tubing and loops, Thera-Band Soft Weights and Exercise Balls, and cuff weights.  As Director of Sports Medicine for the ATP Tour, Ellenbecker and the international team of physiothe… [...]

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