Do you have a health ailment that you think will limit your racquetball playing? Maybe you think the ailment means you should stop playing.
If you have health concerns then maybe you should consider changing how you play racquetball, not if you play the game.
Today was my day to play with the oldest racquetball players I know. I retract that. The two gentlemen I played with today are in their mid-eighties. The oldest racquetball player I know is ninety-one, or maybe it’s ninety-two. And he plays handball and racquetball.
Anyway the eighty-somethings have health limitations, one has heart problems, the other macular degeneration. But they both still play.
I usually play doubles as the partner of the heart problems guy who can’t run very fast. I am his and my feet and legs. He has to be very careful not to run into anything because his medication is anti-clotting. A small bleed to you or me could be a gusher for him. That would not be good. The macular degeneration player can’t always see the ball but a lot of times when he can see it, then he hits a winning shot.
What’s important to both these men is that they are out on the court and playing.
One of the female players today has Parkinson’s. When first diagnosed years ago she stayed away from racquetball while her doctors tinkered with drug dosages. But she came back to the sport. It’s not always easy for her to be on the court, but she loves the game and has learned her limitations. Sometimes her enthusiasm overcomes common sense, but the common sense quickly returns as she plays.
So don’t let your health problems stop your playing. Learn to work around the limitations brought about by the health problems.
Playing racquetball may well prevent your demise for a long time from those health problems.