I've seen it played and it looks fun. My PT recently started playing, but she's extremely active. Most people who haven't exercised or played any sport for awhile should know better than to jump in and start vigorous activity.
'Almost too easy to play': Pickleball's popularity comes at a costThe neighborly pitch to bring people into the pickleball craze has been simple.
Players just need an open space, a net, a ball and pair of paddles — and they can play for hours. There's less movement than what is needed in tennis, and really, as the New York Times wrote last September, "anyone can play."
That simple pitch may be coming at a price. In a recent research note, UBS analysts estimated $250 million to $500 million in medical costs attributable to pickleball in 2023. The sport could even be contributing to an uptick in outpatient surgeries among seniors, they said, in addition to factors like a procedure backlog built up in the pandemic and the removal of mask requirements.
So how did what seems like a harmless sport suddenly become a potential culprit behind higher healthcare costs in America?
"Pickleball was almost too easy to play," Dr. Joshua Dines, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery told Yahoo Finance. "So people that hadn't done anything in years, this was kind of their entrance back into sport, and maybe weren't ready for it."...........
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/almost-too-easy-to-play-pickleballs-popularity-comes-at-a-cost-190051922.html