People play cricket in India
at various levels of competition starting from schools to colleges to national
and international levels. Injuries are common during cricket and especially
common if adequate care is not taken. The commonest mistake is to ignore a
small injury and to continue playing. This will aggravate a small problem to a
bigger one, before one stops playing at competitive level. Shoulder injuries
are very common among sports professionals and especially among cricket players.
Injuries are the commonest reason people give up playing competitive sports. If
you are looking to play competitive cricket or even for social entertainment,
looking after your shoulders is important to avoid future damage.
Technique
Cricketers use their shoulder
extensively during bowling and long distance throwing. Getting the basics of
bowling and throwing is very important. Rotator cuff muscle tears, shoulder
dislocations, SLAP tears etc are some of the injuries. They can occur due to
poor technique or inadequate exercises. In spite of best available care,
international cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, Dravid etc have
sustained injuries and were successfully treated.
Muscle Imbalance
Imbalance in the shoulder
muscles can lead to various injuries. Most people also make the mistake of only
exercising the muscles in the front like Biceps and Pectorals. This causes an imbalance
between the muscles in the front and back of the shoulder. On the long run,
this imbalance can cause pain. It is very important to warm up adequately
before playing and to stretch the muscles after playing. Exercising the rotator
cuff muscles, shoulder blade muscles should be a routine part of everyday
exercises.
Posture
Neck shoulder and upper body
posture is the key to avoid long term pains. Sitting posture while studying for
students, while working on computers for professionals or even bike riding are
all extremely important to avoid neck and shoulder problems. Down sloping of
the shoulder blades is the commonest reason of shoulder pain among Tennis and
Cricket players. Postural advice should be taken from your physiotherapist and
regularly followed.
If in doubt, you must consult
sports injury specialist. But now with
increasing technical advances and sports injury specialists available in the
city, advanced sports injury care is a reality.
Summary
Sport is very great for
health but it requires some precautions. If we do not take care about right
thinks which is important to play, than it will create big problem in future.
We all love to play but we all have to take care about the right posture and
the techniques. Joint Clinic is best for Frozen Shoulder treatment in India.
