Jun 10, 2014

Greg's recovery from a Shoulder Injury

It is now four months since Greg played a competitive match,
and he is still struggling to overcome an injury sustained to
his right shoulder. After his first round loss in the Challenger
tournament at Westlakes, Adelaide in February, in which he
was severely impaired in serving by a very sore right shoulder,
an MRI revealed that Greg had a small tear, or split, in a tendon
in his shoulder.
Much rest and physiotherapy at Tennis World, Melbourne Park
provided some improvement, but Greg was still troubled with
pain on serving second serves. After about a month and a half,
during which Greg's shoulder improved only slightly, the
Tennis Australia doctor, Dr. Wood, recommend Greg attend
a specialist shoulder physio, Simon Balster.
Simon diagnosed a problem wth how the shoulder was
placed, that is was not properly seated in the socket and was
coming forward during serving, thus causing problems with
the tendons and muscles controlling the shoulder. He has since
been working with Greg with specific exercises and physio to
get the shoulder correctly aligned and to strengthen the
shoulder muscles, so as to prevent furture injury.
It has been a slow, frustrating period for Greg but he has been
diligent with the process, doing what is required and at the
same time keeping his fitness up with none invasive training
and exercises. Greg has attempted to serve along the way, in
the hope that he could commence playing but each time he has
been unable to get through a complete set without "feeling" the
shoulder.
The last few weeks have shown a great deal of progress and
Greg is now back serving, at various degrees, and is progressing
well. He had hoped to commence playing in the Challenger
tournament in Fergana this week, but more soreness in his
shoulder, after playing a few sets of tennis during week have
resulted in some more soreness in the shoulder. Greg is now
doing more strengthening exercises, whilst still having
physiotherapy and is hoping to commence playing in the
near future.
Time will tell.

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