LOS ANGELES -- Pickleball has grown in popularity over the past few years, and so have the injuries associated with playing the fast-paced sport.

Serious eye injuries are on the rise, especially among players over 50.

"People are falling while they're playing. People are coming in with a lot of shoulder injuries," said Dr. Anthony Cardillo, an emergency medicine specialist with Adventist Health Glendale. "We're seeing a lot of pickleball elbow now because of that movement that's happening, a quick snap movement."

Anne Ruby Dee of Glendora took up the sport a month ago, and it didn't take long for her to hurt her knee.

"I twisted it when I was trying to get the ball, and so far, I've just been icing it up," she said.

But Cardillo said there's another type of injury growing just as f

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