There are many possible injuries that one could sustain as a result of playing badminton. The most common are low back pain, ankle sprain, tennis elbow, and torn ligaments.

If you are a serious badminton player, you should take precautions to avoid these injuries. The more intense you are during your game, the more likely you are to suffer these injuries.

1. Warm-up / warm-up and stretching

The reason that professional badminton players spend approximately 30 minutes in total warming up / warming up is because they know the risks involved if they skip the warm-up sessions.

Failure to warm up and stretch before exercise can result in muscle pulls. Warming up and stretching not only helps prevent muscle pulls; It will also help increase your performance when you play games.

So don’t be too keen to start playing when you get to the badminton court. Take a few minutes to warm up and stretch so that your muscles relax and become more flexible during your badminton session.

2. Correct technician

It is also important that you perform the correct badminton techniques at all times. Performing the wrong techniques not only makes your performance poor, you can injure yourself!

For example, the arm without a racket plays a very important role in helping you maintain body balance in badminton. It is important at all times that you use your non-racquet arm to balance the weight of the racquet arm.

If you perform a badminton jump without using your non-racket arm for balance, there is a high probability that you will injure the muscles around the waist and thus cause lower back injuries.

Similarly, hitting the wrong badminton strokes can cause you to exert unnecessary force. This could cause a muscle to be pulled.

3. Use the correct racket

Using the wrong badminton racket is a common cause of injury. Seek the advice of your racquet dealer or any professional on which racquet is best suited to your needs.

For example, choosing a racket with a heavy head (electric racket) can cause shoulder injuries to beginners. Power rackets are difficult to control and require the user to have good badminton striking technique.

4. Correct the rope tension

Just like choosing the right badminton racket, you need to use the correct string tension!

Higher string tensions are for control. The lowest string tensions are for power.

Most professional players use string tensions in excess of 30 pounds (very high tension).

It is good that you choose between 20 and 26 pounds. Remember, the higher the tension on the string, the lower the power in your stroke. This results in a greater chance of injuring yourself when trying to put more power into your strokes.

5. Right badminton shoes

you should get a pair of badminton shoes. Badminton shoes are specially made to absorb shocks and impacts.

The way badminton is played is detrimental to the kneecap. You should get shoes that are good shock absorbers to avoid injury to the kneecap and shin.

6. Don’t play for too long

Too much of anything is not good. This common expression also applies to badminton.

Playing badminton for many hours will hurt your shin, kneecap, or ankle as you continually lunge forward to catch the shuttlecock.

Diving forward is detrimental to your dominant leg, as it will need to absorb all the momentum from your lunge. That is why the right badminton shoes help reduce impact.

conclusion

In general, like any other sport, injuries can be easily prevented if steps are taken to reduce the possibility of injury.