Pickleball Arm Sleeves Benefits – Skin Protection, Muscle Support, Pickleball Elbow Relief
Why do pickleball players wear arm sleeves? Is there a particular benefit that arm sleeves provide, or do pickleball players wear arm sleeves just to look good on the court? In a word, yes.
Years ago, tennis star Milo Raonic sported a tennis arm sleeve. Why? Well initially, he wore the arm sleeve on his doctor’s advisement to protect a skin rash that had developed on his arm from overexposure to the sun. It worked. Not only did the arm sleeve protect his skin from the sun, but he liked the feeling of compression, support, and coolness that the arm sleeve provided and it soon became a part of his competitive armor. Shortly after, many other tennis players followed his lead and began enjoying the benefits of UV compression arm sleeves which generally fall into three categories; skin protection, muscle support, and relief from tennis elbow.
Much like with tennis, pickleball players also benefit from arm sleeves in the same way.
- Skin Protection
- If your arm is suffering from a burn, rash, or outbreak, pickleball arm sleeves will protect your arm from the direct UV rays of the sun. The sun makes all of these things worse.
- If you are fair-skinned and prone to sunburn, pickleball arm sleeves will offer continual protection from the sun whereas sunblock is only effective for ninety minutes from the time you put it on.
- Pickleball arm sleeves also protects your arms from the effects of sweat and perspiration which can agitate any burns, rashes, outbreaks, or cuts and scratches that you may have.
- Muscle Support
- Pickleball arm sleeves provide compression and support to the muscles in your arms which adds stability and improves circulation keeping your muscles relaxed and free of stress and strain.
- Pickleball arm sleeves are comfortable and will keep your arm muscles warm on cold days and cool on hot days which helps to keep your muscles relaxed.
- Relief from Pickleball Elbow
- The compression fit of arm sleeves provides support to the elbow enabling pickleball players to play on through minor injuries.
- Additionally, pickleball players with more severe pickleball elbow conditions can wear compression arm sleeves throughout the day as part of the pickleball elbow recovery regiment.
Of all the sports that can wreak havoc on your arms, pickleball is a leading offender. Skin protection and exposure to the sun are obvious problems that pickleball players have to deal with. Perhaps less obvious and more problematic are the problems related to the types of arm movements and strokes that pickleball players make such as groundstrokes, volleys, and dinks, as well as the jarring and torquing effects of off-balanced shots and mis-hits.
If you are a pickleball player, you should definitely consider adding UV compression arm sleeves to your pickleball sports bag. They will protect your skin from the sun. They will support your muscles and elbows. And yes, they will even make you look stylish on the court!