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This might be true. I put a lot of pressure on my knee when I do lateral movements. I think this is mostly due to weak muscles, but I thought the solution is to keep at it until the muscles are strong enough that I can do clean side to side jumps. As for the shoulder, it is again the footwork that is the problem. In particular, trying to do topspins when not in position puts a lot of tension on the shoulder. I'm in a transitional phase in my technique, moving from "make it work" to "do it correctly", and I think it's taking a toll.
Perham, how old are you?
Before you started playing TT to the extent you play now, what physical condition were you in?
What kind of physical condition are you in now?
I will state again, if you are feeling stress in your knees, and not your quadricep muscles, that is caused by technique. That is you doing something bad for you. That is you having biomechanics that are dysfunctional and causing stress to CONNECTIVE TISSUE. Supplements that help muscles repair faster will not help ligaments, tendons and cartilage repair faster.
The same goes with your shoulder. If you are taking a bad stroke because you are not in position, it still is not just the feet. That is the bad stroke as well.
Knee pain and shoulder pain are not subject to normal muscle repair from working muscles. They are repetitive stress to the joints from dysfunctional movement patterns.
My guess is you should do some video of yourself for you to watch (not for the forum) so you can see if you can figure out what mechanics are causing the damage. You could show a coach as well to ask for help.
But stress in knees and shoulder are not related to the kinds of tissue repair that occur in a workout where someone has good biomechanics. Strengthening muscles is very different than damaging connective tissue in joints. And tissue like ligaments and tendons take VERY LONG to heal because they have very little vascular flow. Cartilage takes enough longer than ligaments and tendons that a doctor will just simplify and say that cartilage does not repair. And from a functional standpoint, that may as well be true.
As we get older these kinds of tissue take longer to repair. And starting at about 30, when you damage ligaments, tendons and cartilage, as they do "repair" they also tend to ossify. That means that small amounts of bone grow where tendon used to be and should be.
If you were talking about muscle soreness, this would not be an issue. But you seem to be referring to joint damage and trying to keep the conversation on muscle repair as though the joint damage could possibly be related to muscle repair.
So, I would say, you need to look at footage to see how you are damaging your knees and shoulder so you can correct the dysfunctional movement patterns.
I am 53. I can play for 5-6 hours 5-6 days in a row and not feel more than mild muscle soreness in my thighs. Pain in my knees would be a red flag indicating that I was doing something wrong. Even anabolic steroids would not protect you from that.
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