Play Hard. Stay Healthy. Compete Longer.

Your Weekly Checkup of pickleball insights from a doctor who plays, so you can stay injury-free, build strength, and play for life.

What You’ll Get Each Week:

  • Real strategies to prevent injuries, recover faster, and stay strong between games

  • Gear advice that protects your body and improves your pickleball performance, no hype

  • Simple routines to help you play more often, with less soreness and fewer setbacks

  • Fresh insights each week to help you keep learning, improving, and playing your best pickleball

Written by Dr. Boris Bulatovic, knows how the human body works, especially when it doesn’t.

Here to help you avoid injuries, bad advice, and that one guy who insists stretching is for the weak.

Articles

Recovery

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Why Your Back Hurts After Pickleball (and how to fix it)

Jul 21, 2025

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7 min read

Why Your Back Hurts After Pickleball (and how to fix it)

The positioning mistakes wrecking your joints and how to fix them before your next match.

Boris Bulatovic
Boris Bulatovic

Recovery

+5

Master Drops, Drives, and Lobs (Before Your Elbow Gives Out)

Jul 14, 2025

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8 min read

Master Drops, Drives, and Lobs (Before Your Elbow Gives Out)

Avoid the pickleball injuries we see most in rec players and learn the smartest shots for every situation.

Boris Bulatovic
Boris Bulatovic

Shoes

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Why Your Running Shoes Are Ruining Your Game

Jul 7, 2025

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7 min read

Why Your Running Shoes Are Ruining Your Game

The hidden reason foot injuries are skyrocketing in pickleball (and the $80 fix)

Boris Bulatovic
Boris Bulatovic

Recovery

+6

Your Paddle Might Be Hurting You (Here's How to Fix It)

Jun 30, 2025

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8 min read

Your Paddle Might Be Hurting You (Here's How to Fix It)

We break down the specs and shapes that quietly overload your wrist and elbow and how to choose one that works with your body, not against it.

Boris Bulatovic
Boris Bulatovic

Recovery

+3

The Real Reason Your Shoulder Hurts After Pickleball

Jun 23, 2025

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8 min read

The Real Reason Your Shoulder Hurts After Pickleball

It’s not your age. It’s your overhead. Here’s how to fix it before your next match.

Boris Bulatovic
Boris Bulatovic

Play Hard. Stay Healthy. Compete Longer.

Your Weekly Checkup of pickleball insights from a doctor who plays, so you can stay injury-free, build strength, and play for life.