pickleball

A recent analysis by ValuePenguin found the estimated number of pickleball-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency rooms nearly quadrupled between 2018 and 2025, with falls, slips and trips accounting for nearly 65,000 ER visits nationwide.

In this month’s “Behind the Issue,” editor-in-chief Kristina Abovyan spoke with writer Kara Ellis about pickleball and Columbia’s growing pickleball community.

This is the first story in a series from the Health & Wealth desk on Healthy Nevada. Pookie Decocq is the healthy living coordinator for the YMCA in…