Injuries from pickleball craze prompt orthopedic study
The Campbell Clinic Foundation has launched a scientific study on local pickleball players. Darnella Bennett (left) and Rex Brown (right) reach for the ball while playing on the Bartlett pickleball courts in 2021 in Shadowlawn Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
If you’ve noticed Campbell Clinic sponsors pickleball events: it’s a strategic move to gather data and ultimately educate the public to prevent the growing number of pickleball injuries local orthopedic doctors are seeing.
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pickleball Willow Grove Pickleball Club Campbell Clinic Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics Dr. Fred AzarAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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