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FOOSH . That’s not the sound of a Jannik Sinner tennis serve flying by you. Instead, that’s the type of injury that Sinner suffered during his U.S. Open semifinal victory over England’s Jack Draper . FOOSH is a medical acronym that stands for “fall on an outstretched hand” because who has the time to say all those words.
FOOSH injuries are quite common because when you fall you tend to extend your arm and hand towards the ground to brace yourself. The impact of the hand with the hard surface can then send forces through your fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, upper arm and shoulder. These forces can then cause damage to any of those body parts.
It doesn’t look like Sinner suffered any fractures or dislocations. But that doesn’t mean the FOOSH injury won’t affect his play on Sunday when he takes on American Taylor Fritz in the men’s singles final. A soft tissue injury, a tendon strain or ligament sprain could still affect the strength and mobility of his left wrist.Now, you may point out that Sinner is right-handed and an injury to his non-dominant left wrist is much better than an injury to his right wrist. That would be true.
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