Tag: How to avoid Padel injury

Most Common Injuries of Padel: How to Prevent and Treat them

Many people have taken racket sports such as padel as a hobby as it is quite enjoyable and takes only a short time to learn.

Regardless of what new sports you’ve picked up, your joints will take a moment to get the hang of it.

The important thing is to practice!

Before you start rubbing elbows with professional athletes, expect a high number of padel injuries on your experience tally sheet!

However, padel is not an intimidating event. We’ve written this article to help you manage the most frequent injuries in padel tennis.

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How to warm up for Padel (Beginner’s Guide)

Two girls inside a gym perhaps warming up for a Padel game. Photo by Meghan Holmes.

Before doing any low or high-impact physical activity, it’s vital to do an initial warm-up first. This helps prepare your body, improve blood flow, elevate temperature, and lessen physical risks of injury.

This applies to all physical activities, including padel.

It doesn’t have to be a 30-minute padel-specific warm-up either; a good five minutes will do if you’re doing it correctly, with the proper exercises, technique, time length, and muscle focus.

This is probably the largest hurdle getting over when it comes to a warm up. Try to make it count rather than counting the minutes.

In this article we’ll show you how to warm up “padel-style”, including the why, length, focus, as well as give you the actual exercises you should be doing before your padel game.

Good luck, and let us know how you feel about our suggestions in the comment section!

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