Tag: health and fitness
What Areas Should Be Trained To Be A Better Tennis Player?
By Mark Kovacs, Ph.D., CTPS, MTPS
Tennis is a great sport for fitness and health. However, to play at a competitive level, you can do...
Do The Tennis 10+ Warmup/Cool Down
By Neeru Jayanthi, MD, Director Emory Tennis Medicine; Tony Tran, ATC, Emory Tennis Medicine; Lucy Avant, NYU (Pre-Med) Tennis Player, Emory Tennis Medicine intern;...
Get Strong For Tennis
By Dr. Mark Kovacs, CTPS, MTPS; CEO, Kovacs Institute; Executive Director International Tennis Performance Association
Have you ever watched professional players play a match live?...
What Can Tennis Players Learn From Baseball?
By Dr. Mark Kovacs, CTPS, MTPS; CEO, Kovacs Institute; Executive Director International Tennis Performance Association
It is not often that tennis and baseball are used...
Tennis Movement: The importance of your first step
By Dr. Mark Kovacs, CTPS, MTPS; CEO, Kovacs Institute; Executive Director International Tennis Performance Association
Whether you play once per week or five times a...
Does Beer Work As A Recovery Beverage?
By Dr. Mark Kovacs, CTPS, MTPS; CEO, Kovacs Institute; Executive Director International Tennis Performance Association
Many of you may enjoy an adult beverage after a...
Achilles Tendonitis
Preventive treatment goes a long way in avoiding injury
By Richard C. Lehman, M.D., U.S. Center for Sports Medicine
Achilles tendonitis in tennis players is fairly...
Demystifying The Massage Gun Category
Percussive Therapy vs Vibration Therapy
By Tyler Herring, Director of Tennis Specialty Sales, Therabody
If you’ve been on social media or YouTube and looked up a...
The Kinetic Chain: Keeping You Moving On The Court In All...
By Dr. Stephanie Hsu
Tennis requires strength, speed, flexibility, balance, and coordination to create efficient, powerful strokes and to provide the agility to move quickly...
Sports Medicine Regenerative Injections: A Patient’s Guide
By Shane Mangrum, MD, board-certified physiatrist at Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center
These days, it seems like “regenerative technologies” are everywhere, but where did this...