Forearm & Wrist Pain From Playing Tennis
Your style of play, how you hit your forehand and backhand or the type of racket you use can all be reasons you experience pain in your forearm and wrist after you play tennis.
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Tennis Elbow Exercises
If you think only tennis players get tennis elbow, think again. Painters, carpenters and plumbers can also develop this painful condition. Tennis elbow is an overuse injury caused by activities that put repetitive stress on forearm muscles.
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Forearm Exercise to Prevent Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition that makes even the simplest tasks, such as picking up a gallon of milk or shaking hands, difficult. Even though it's called tennis elbow, you don't have to play tennis to get this injury.
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Exercise Ball Chair Exercises
Originally designed as a toy called a Gymnastik, the exercise ball has predominantly been used in fitness and rehabilitation settings. Today, many office workers are replacing their desk chairs with an exercise ball chair because it provides a mini workout while at work.
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Swimming Pool Exercises Using an Aqua Noodle
When you think of working out, getting in shape and dropping a few pounds, a gym is probably the first place that comes to mind. A pool workout with an aqua noodle, though, can be just as effective. Instead of machines and free weights, the water provides the resistance with less stress to your joints.
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Ballroom Dance Conditioning Exercises
Ballroom dancing may not be considered a sport, such as soccer, tennis or basketball, but it definitely places a lot of demands on your body while providing many health benefits.
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The Best Yonex Badminton Rackets
Yonex, one of the leading badminton racket manufacturers, designs rackets with specific skill levels and playing styles in mind. Yonex also provides racket selection guidelines based on the playing characteristics of its rackets. Although some rackets are better than others, there are no best rackets.
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Instructions for a 65 cm Exercise Ball
No matter your fitness level, an exercise ball, also called a stability ball, fitness ball or Swiss ball, can add an element of fun to your workouts. When used correctly, the ball enables you to perform a number of exercises to help improve your balance, muscular and core strength, and flexibility.
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Yoga for Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, is a painful injury caused by repetitive stress and strain to the tendons that connect the muscles to the bone at the elbow. The pain is due to tiny tears in the tendons that get inflamed.
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Rules and Regulations for the Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is the field event where an athlete runs down a narrow runway then tosses a long, spear-like object as far as he can into a marked field area. The layout of the runway, the specs for the javelin and how it's thrown are all governed by the rules and regulations of the sport.
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Putter Length Versus Height
Most golf equipment companies make three styles of putters -- standard, belly putter and the long putter. The putter’s length is important; it affects the distance and directional control of the ball, according to Ralph Maltby, golf equipment expert.
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Arm Wrestling Rules & Regulations
If you think brute strength is all it takes to be good at arm wrestling, think again. Although strength is important, you also need good technique, good leverage, quick instincts and strategy. The sport dates back thousands of years to 2,000 B.C. and now arm wrestling competitions are held worldwide.
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How to Throw a Screwball in Slow-Pitch Softball
The one pitch every slow-pitch pitcher needs in his arsenal is the screwball. With proper technique, a right-handed pitcher can make the ball appear as if it is going to cross over the middle of home plate, but then it curves in toward the hands of a right-handed batter or away from a left-handed batter.
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How to Get a Bike Chain Back on the Gears
One skill every cyclist should have, besides changing a flat tire, is how to fix a slipped or dropped chain. A bicycle chain usually drops off a gear or chainring because the teeth have become worn and narrow, the chain has stretched or it has a bad link.
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The Number of Players on the Field in a Soccer Game
During a soccer match, the number of offensive and defensive players on the field varies depending on the age of the players. While adults play with the standard number per team, the US Youth Soccer recommends that children younger than age 12 play "small-sided games"
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What Is the Major Difference Between Static & Dynamic Stretching?
You might think that stretching is only for athletes, but everyone can benefit from stretching exercises. Stretching is an important component of physical fitness, according to the American Council on Exercise -- and without it, your joints can stiffen and your risk of injury increases.
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The Muscles Targeted By Crunches
Contrary to popular belief, the classic crunch in not the most effective abdominal exercise. A study conducted by the American Council on Exercise shows the crunch falling short of the top ten exercises.
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Trek 4300 vs. Trek 3900
Cyclists seeking a rough, off-road riding bike may end up deciding between the Trek 4300 or Trek 3900. While the Trek 4300 suits riders who enjoy attacking rugged trails with rocks, logs or other obstacles, the Trek 3900 may appeal to commuters who get in a weekend trail ride.
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Wide Receiver Drills With Tennis Balls
Dominant wide receivers are reliable; they have the speed to outrun defenders, the agility to make last second adjustments and, most importantly, they have the ability to make impossible catches in a crowded situation.
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How to Improve Stamina in Tennis
The way the sport of tennis is played today, it places a lot of physical demands on your body. In order to be successful and compete at your very best, you must have a specific kind of stamina and endurance.
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