Tennis Fitness Training


altTennis and training are two words that most people do not associate together. Tennis is a game where a tennis ball is hit back and forth over a net, how hard can it be? If you watch tennis on television, you realize how athletic these players are these days. It appears that your arms are doing all the work, but in reality it is the lower body and the core that are the primary power sources. Tennis athletes often present in our office with shoulder pain and elbow pain. call now for an appointment

Shoulder pain can often be traced back to poor mechanics and lack of involvement in the core. If a baseball pitcher were to stand on the mound and throw the baseball towards home plate without winding up, the ball would not have much velocity. The wind up allows the pitcher to engage the core through leveraging the ground thereby whipping his arm and releasing the baseball.

 A quarterback throwing a football effectively winds up, steps into the throw and rotates his core through the throwing motion. In tennis, the service motion involves a windup of sorts to allow the athlete to leverage the ground and use their core to generate power out to the arms and eventually the racket. Throwing athletes frequently injure their arms by relying too much on the arm and they suffer from a breakdown in biomechanics and their ability to leverage the ground.

This biomechanical analysis of how a tennis athlete hits the ball is one of the keys to our athlete evaluation. We use proprietary 3D software from Zenolink to determine how our tennis athletes hit the tennis ball. This allows us to improve their power and efficiency while reducing their chances of injury. Once we have the results from this biomechanical analysis, we prescribe a series of drills designed to improve the athletes coordination and efficiency. A core training program is custom created incorporating these drills. If you are complaining of shoulder pain, elbow pain or just want to play better tennis, give us a call at (949) 631- 5226 ext 10 to schedule your evaluation today.

Joseph M. Zappala D.C - Publisher

Dr. Zappala has been a chiropractor for the last 24 years and specializes in the treatment of sports injuries, especially those related to the golf swing. He treats athletes from all sports including gymnastics, dance, tennis, baseball, football, basketball and hockey. As a former athlete, Dr. Zappala understands the functional connection between what he does as a chiropractor and how an athlete performs at his or her sport. He performs his assessments and prescribes treatment based in relieving pain and restoring function to the injured area. This often leads to increased performance and decrease in the recurrence of injuries. He preaches active care to all of his patients whether they are athletes or just aspiring to be. "Use it or lose it" 

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