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Physical therapy for tennis players

Your elbow hurts on backhands or your shoulder aches after serving, and rest only helps until the next match. Christian Jorns, a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist in Portland, treats the pain and the movement behind it so you can get back on court.

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Physical therapy for tennis players in Portland, Maine

Why your elbow and shoulder pay for every serve

A serve starts in your legs and travels through your hips and trunk before it reaches the racket. If one link in that chain is stiff or weak, your elbow and shoulder make up the difference on every stroke. That’s why pain tends to show up in summer, when outdoor season starts and your hours on court jump.

How Christian gets you back on court

Trace the pain to its source. Christian checks how your legs and trunk produce power, since an arm covering for them is a common cause of elbow and shoulder pain.

Calm the painful area. Manual therapy and dry needling ease the sore spot while a tendon loading program rebuilds its tolerance for hitting.

Train for next season. Rotational strength and agility work get you ready for three-set matches and back-to-back tournament weekends.

What Christian treats in tennis players

Tennis elbow

Shoulder pain on serves and overheads

Low back pain from rotating through groundstrokes

Knee and ankle pain from lunging and changing direction

$175

the Revenant Evaluation, 60 minutes

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