Last year, I experienced my first calf strain injury which resulted in a severe pain and an audible snapping sound of a breaking rope.
It happen when I lunged to lift/pickup a drop shot from center court. It's my first time experiencing this injury. I bought a calf sleeve with compression to ease the pain. I guess you see those professional players wearing compression on their legs, it's with a purpose, i.e. to warm the muscles/tendons so that the muscle stay active when contracting.
I now see the value of calf compression and do warm ups properly before each games.
Another nagging injury I experienced recently is heel pad pain.
After playing about 3-4 times of tennis/badminton per week, I started to develop pain on my left heel pad. The pain occurs wherever I wear sandals but goes away when I wear sneakers.
A gel pad can mitigate the pain after trying out a gel insert underneath the heel pad.
Keep playing badminton and stay injury free!
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