Tennis Anyone?

Written by Joseph M. Zappala D.C | 22 July 2010


shoulderAre you tired of not being able to get your first serve in? The problem may not be your tennis skills or lack thereof. It could be your body. I often find that my tennis athletes suffer from anterior glenohumeral migration or shoulder subluxation. In English, this means your shoulder and or posterior ribcage are out of alignment.

 Your shoulder is only as strong as the parachute that slows it down. That parachute is the muscles that make up your posterior shoulder girdle and upper back. Essentially, it works like this... you can only hit the ball as hard as your upper back muscles will allow. If you override the muscles in this area, your shoulder will slide forward in the socket and start to create dysfunction. The dysfunction is often evidenced by not being able to hit those lines with your serve or generalized shoulder soreness. A good functional shoulder evaluation will help diagnose whether this is the cause of your shoulder problems. tennis

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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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