There are many possible injuries that one could sustain as a result of playing badminton. The most common are lower back pain, ankle sprain, tennis elbow, and ligament tears.

If you are a serious badminton player, you should take precautions to prevent these injuries. The more intense you are during your game, the more likely you are to sustain these injuries.

1. Warm Up/Warm Up and Stretch

The reason why professional badminton players spend about 30 minutes in total to warm up/warm up is because they know the risks involved if they skip their warm up sessions.

Failure to warm up and stretch before exercise can result in pulled muscles. Warming up and stretching not only help prevent pulled muscles; it will also help you increase your performance when you play games.

So don’t get too eager to start playing when you get to the badminton court. Spend a few minutes warming up and stretching to make your muscles looser and more flexible during your badminton session.

2. Correct technique

It is also important that you perform the correct badminton techniques at all times. Performing the wrong techniques not only makes you perform poorly, but you could injure yourself!

For example, the non-racket arm plays a huge role in helping you maintain your body balance in badminton. It is important at all times that you use your non-racket arm to balance the weight of the racket arm.

If you execute a badminton jump without using your non-racket arm for balance, there is a high chance that you will injure the muscles around your waist and thus cause lower back injuries.

Similarly, hitting the wrong badminton strokes can cause you to exert unnecessary force. This could cause you to pull a muscle.

3. Use the correct racket

Using the wrong badminton racket is a common cause of injury. Seek the advice of the racket dealer or any professional on which racket is best for you.

For example, choosing a racket with a heavy head (power racket) can cause shoulder injuries for beginners. Power rackets are difficult to control and require the user to have good badminton hitting technique.

4.Correct the tension of the strings

Just like choosing the right badminton racket, you need to use the correct string tension!

Higher string tensions are for control. Lower string tensions are for power.

Most professional players use string tensions greater than 30 pounds (very high tension).

It is good that you choose between 20 and 26 pounds. Remember, the higher the string tension, the lower the power of your stroke. This results in a higher chance of injuring yourself when trying to put more power into your strokes.

5. Correct badminton shoes

You ought get a pair of badminton shoes. Badminton shoes are specially made to absorb shock and impact.

The way badminton is played is bad for the kneecap. You should get shoes that are good shock absorbers to prevent kneecap and shin injuries.

6. Don’t play for too long

Too much of anything is not good. This common expression also applies to badminton.

Playing badminton for long hours will hurt your shin, kneecap, or ankle as you continually lunge forward to catch the shuttlecock.

Lunging forward is detrimental to your dominant leg, as it will need to absorb all the momentum of your lunge. That’s why the right badminton shoes help reduce impact.

Conclusion

In general, like any other sport, injuries can be easily prevented if you take steps to reduce the chance of injury.