Dr. Mark E. Pruzansky
Dr. Jason S. Pruzansky
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Tennis Pros – Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wuzniacki, Sloan Stevens, Laura Robson, and Juan Martin del Potro – Suffer Wrist Injuries

Dr Pruzansky | April 30, 2014

Among tennis players the pinky side of the wrist is vulnerable to injury using the western grip variations and rotating the wrist besides the shoulder in the creation of topspin. The extensor carpi ulnaris tendon (ECU) is held in its ulna head groove by its subsheath. The ligament tears with hypersupination forces (palm-up). Congenital shallowness […]