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There are two common injuries which plague tennis enthusiasts, traumatic injuries and overuse injuries, caused by stress on the muscle, joint or soft tissue. These include, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), bursistis of the elbow, rotator cuff, shoulder and wrist tendonitis.
Wonderweight can be an invaluable tool for the tennis athlete in both prevention of such injuries and rehabilitation and healing after an injury has occurred.
STRETCHING AND WARM UP
Stretching is a must for the calves, the hip muscles, the quadriceps, the hamstrings, the shoulder rotator cuff, the forearm of the elbow, these are the highlighted areas to stretch. It's good to stretch before and after you play both as a warm up and a cool down. Wonderweight is an excellent addition to a warm up as it targets the Rotator Cuff muscles but can also strengthen the core structure helping with balance and co-ordination.
Balance drills such as single leg balance, eyes open, eyes closed, using Wonderweight is good. Balancing with a Wonderweight in your hand on a balance board or Swiss ball is great, some hand-eye coordination exercises are good such as bouncing and catching a tennis ball in a standing position, or catching one you have to move to or run to to catch would be a higher level exercise or activity.
Of course if you are nursing an injury to the elbow or shoulder Light Wonderweight helps heal the muscles by activating them by 20%, enough to bring the blood flow into the muscle group without over exertion.
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