Barbara WintroubSubmitted by Barbara Wintroub 83 competitors from Arizona, San Diego and the Coachella Valley got the opportunity to be a part of the first “Mr. Pickleball” award presentation to Christopher Thomas. Chris, the USAPA Regional Ambassador for the West region, has worked so hard to get pickleball into just about every resort and tennis facility […]
February 2011 – Pickleball & Your Knees
By Barbara Wintroub, Retroft Pilates bwintroub@retrofitpilates.com www.retrofitpilates.com Do you need new knees or just new exercises to protect the ones you have? As we age, the shelf life of our body parts begins to become a factor. Normal wear and tear happens, but if you play sports, the wear and tear happens more quickly. Knees […]
January 2011 – Pickleball Elbow
By Barbara Wintraub, Retrofit Pilates Are you suffering from ‘pickleball elbow’ (AKA tennis elbow)? Only 5% of people diagnosed with ‘pickleball elbow’ actually play pickleball. The overuse can occur from holding your cell phone, knitting, blow drying your hair, cutting flower stems and many other activities. If you turn your palm upward, a sore knobby […]
December 2010 – Pickleball and Hamstrings
By Barbara Wintroub, Director Retrofit Pilates www.retrofitpilates.com What muscle group causes the most trouble for athletes like us pickleball players? – Hamstrings! The Hamstring muscle group consists of three muscles attachedHamstrings from your sitting bones to the back of your knees on both sides of your lower thigh bone (femur). Two of the muscles attach […]
November 2010 – Fitness: My Aching Rotator Cuff!
By Barbara Wintroub First: you must know that the shoulder joint is the most mobile and the most unstable joint in the body. Second: the Rotator Cuff muscle group is made up of four muscles from the back side of your body: Rotator Cuff anatomyThe Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor and Subscapularis. The long head of […]
October 2010 – Pickleball Fitness
By Barbara Wintroub, Director – Retrofit Pilates Tournament season is upon us. Playing, sitting, playing, sitting is tough even for the best of players. Playing warms us up, sitting cools us down. Our body parts seem to solidify in the chair the longer we sit. This makes standing, never mind playing at our best, nearly […]
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