By: Erica Tran, PT, DPT, OCS If you play pickleball and feel like you’re always a split-second late at the kitchen line, it’s tempting to blame your hands. “They’re just not fast enough.” But that’s usually not true. In most cases, slow reactions in pickleball have very little to do with your hands and everything...
By: Maggie Gebhardt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Lower back pain (LBP) is the most common injury in golf, affecting up to 35% of amateur players. According to clinical research and experts at Mend Physical Therapy in Boulder, this pain is typically a “compensation injury” caused by mobility deficits in the hips and upper back. What...
By: Erica Tran, PT, DPT, OCS One of the most important movement patterns in pickleball is the lunge. Whether you are reaching for a wide dink, recovering after a volley, or decelerating into a low ball, your body must absorb force efficiently while maintaining balance and joint control. From a physical therapy perspective, poor lunge...
