Retired Waltham detective Tom Bryant is one of the lucky ones. Yes, his rapid-onset pickleball obsession has led to knee problems, and at times an inability to climb stairs without grasping the handrail, and he may have torn his meniscus, and he couldn’t walk for a while because of plantar fasciitis, and he was told by an orthopedic doctor that all that game-related lunging likely brought on patellafemoral syndrome.
Source: The Boston Globe
