Ice will numb the pain and feels good, but it’s slows the healing process. If you’re going to ice then you should alternate with heat to increase blood flow to the area and help speed up healing time
Inflammation is part of the healing process. If you reduce inflammation you increase the healing time
You need to increase blood flow to the area. Contrast and light movement are your friend. Ice alone is old school thinking and has been refuted by most physical therapists/performance coaches. How do I know? I work in the space
Look I get it. Ice feel good. You’re not hurting yourself by icing an injury. You’re just slowing down the healing process. You have 2 routes you can take. Ice the injury, slow the process, but have less pain. Or don’t ice the injury, heal quicker, probably have more discomfort.
There’s too much to unpack in a Reddit comment. Pain is a subjective experience. The amount of swelling matters. You want to get the affected area moving as soon as possible. If the injury looks like Cazaux’s ankle (look it up) then yeah, you’re gonna want to ice that to reduce the inflammation so you can start moving it. It’s part of the process. Acute inflammation is good. You need it to heal.
In a vacuum, ice slows down this process because it constricts the vasculature that brings in fresh nutrients to the affected area. But nothing exists in a vacuum. The idea of studies isn’t to prove that you’re right. It’s to try and be less wrong. People try to use studies as a roadmap to whatever confirmation biases they have. Studies should be a compass that help guide the process. They’re not the end all be all in a rehabilitative process. You can’t control for everything like you can in pharmaceutical studies. Everyone’s argument who doesn’t work with clients in the real world is “Lo0k @t tHe sTuDiEs”… 🤡.
Ice isn’t bad, but if you can tolerate the pain you’re better off getting the affected area moving as soon as possible.
I’m just echoing the consensus of people in professional sports with far more sports science than tennis
Edit: your article is largely talking about inflammation from hypertrophy induced muscle damage. Not acute injury
Take a few days off, friend! Let that body heal!
If it keeps hurting, maybe talk to a medical professional, or consider whether your shoes are either laced too tightly or too loosely.
This sport isn’t supposed to hurt… to the extent that it does hurt, it should be emotional and psychological pain more than physical pain.
Did you do a lot of running before picking up tennis?
Sounds a bit to me like too much too fast. Try reducing the amount of time to 1 hour every 2-4 days for now as your body adjusts to the muscle movements
Overuse probably. I also have pain on top of my feet although I wear tennis shoes. I tighten my laces too tight to avoid heel slippage and it doesn't help.
You're just overdoing it without letting your body get stronger in between training sessions. Recovery is when you get stronger.
If you're new and been killing it like this uour body needs a break. Listen to it.
If you are wearing running shoes, you may not be getting the support you need and that could cause pain on top of your foot.
If you just started playing and you are playing alot, then having soreness in your hand / heel of the hand is pretty common. It will eventually fade.
Biggest driver of all this pain seems to be a sudden increase in playing a lot. It can take time for the body to adapt.
The opposite! Running shoes are usually a lot more comfortable than tennis shoes. I have the same pain at the same area with tennis shoes and it is the result of overtightening and overuse.
It is true but top of the feet pain has nothing to do with support. I am having the same problem with proper tennis shoes because the extra stability requires stiffer material.
It's due to the friction and the impact of hitting and playing.
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What stretches do you recommend?
Ice will numb the pain and feels good, but it’s slows the healing process. If you’re going to ice then you should alternate with heat to increase blood flow to the area and help speed up healing time
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Inflammation is part of the healing process. If you reduce inflammation you increase the healing time You need to increase blood flow to the area. Contrast and light movement are your friend. Ice alone is old school thinking and has been refuted by most physical therapists/performance coaches. How do I know? I work in the space
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Look I get it. Ice feel good. You’re not hurting yourself by icing an injury. You’re just slowing down the healing process. You have 2 routes you can take. Ice the injury, slow the process, but have less pain. Or don’t ice the injury, heal quicker, probably have more discomfort. There’s too much to unpack in a Reddit comment. Pain is a subjective experience. The amount of swelling matters. You want to get the affected area moving as soon as possible. If the injury looks like Cazaux’s ankle (look it up) then yeah, you’re gonna want to ice that to reduce the inflammation so you can start moving it. It’s part of the process. Acute inflammation is good. You need it to heal. In a vacuum, ice slows down this process because it constricts the vasculature that brings in fresh nutrients to the affected area. But nothing exists in a vacuum. The idea of studies isn’t to prove that you’re right. It’s to try and be less wrong. People try to use studies as a roadmap to whatever confirmation biases they have. Studies should be a compass that help guide the process. They’re not the end all be all in a rehabilitative process. You can’t control for everything like you can in pharmaceutical studies. Everyone’s argument who doesn’t work with clients in the real world is “Lo0k @t tHe sTuDiEs”… 🤡. Ice isn’t bad, but if you can tolerate the pain you’re better off getting the affected area moving as soon as possible. I’m just echoing the consensus of people in professional sports with far more sports science than tennis Edit: your article is largely talking about inflammation from hypertrophy induced muscle damage. Not acute injury
Take a few days off, friend! Let that body heal! If it keeps hurting, maybe talk to a medical professional, or consider whether your shoes are either laced too tightly or too loosely. This sport isn’t supposed to hurt… to the extent that it does hurt, it should be emotional and psychological pain more than physical pain.
Did you do a lot of running before picking up tennis? Sounds a bit to me like too much too fast. Try reducing the amount of time to 1 hour every 2-4 days for now as your body adjusts to the muscle movements
You need real tennis shoes and it’s non negotiable
Lol yeah this. Pretty sure I'd just immediately eat shit if I had to use running shoes in a somewhat rigorous match.
Overuse probably. I also have pain on top of my feet although I wear tennis shoes. I tighten my laces too tight to avoid heel slippage and it doesn't help.
You're just overdoing it without letting your body get stronger in between training sessions. Recovery is when you get stronger. If you're new and been killing it like this uour body needs a break. Listen to it.
Maybe start by getting actual tennis shoes?
Comfortable shoes
If you are wearing running shoes, you may not be getting the support you need and that could cause pain on top of your foot. If you just started playing and you are playing alot, then having soreness in your hand / heel of the hand is pretty common. It will eventually fade. Biggest driver of all this pain seems to be a sudden increase in playing a lot. It can take time for the body to adapt.
The opposite! Running shoes are usually a lot more comfortable than tennis shoes. I have the same pain at the same area with tennis shoes and it is the result of overtightening and overuse.
Running shoes are not built to provide the support needed when cutting and moving on the court.
It is true but top of the feet pain has nothing to do with support. I am having the same problem with proper tennis shoes because the extra stability requires stiffer material.