These Flemish people have been rehabilitating from padel injury for months. “It felt like someone with a whip hit my calf”

After the Padellebog, general practitioners and physiotherapists and more often see Achilles tendon injuries at Padel players. The succession of short sprints and sudden stop and turning movements appears to be enormously stressful for tendons and ligaments. At Yvan (55) and Wim (47) the Achilles tendon tore off, Jan (44) tore his hamstring. The three gentlemen have been working on work for months. “You don’t see me soon on a padel field.”

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