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Boost Pitching Performance While Limiting Injuries
Baseball enthusiasts love to watch the clock that shows how fast the pitch was delivered. But those speeds of up to 100 miles per hour can come at a cost for the pitcher. Stress, force, and load on th ...more
Rehab After Elbow Surgery For Throwing Athletes
Imagine throwing a baseball so fast your elbow moves 2300 degrees per second. Now do that over and over and imagine the shear force placed on the medial (side closest to the body) structures of the el ...more
How To Improve Pitching Performance and Prevent Injury
The average baseball pitch takes less than five seconds. To the outside observer, the actions occur so quickly, it's impossible to see much more than a flurry of activity. The leg comes up, the pitche ...more
Parents, Coaches, Players: Beware of Pitching Practices
There's a simple way to avoid shoulder injuries in Little League pitchers. In this article, sports medicine specialists present a few tips to help in this area. There are known guidelines for injury p ...more
Causes and Mechanisms of Shoulder Throwing Injuries
Shoulder problems in the throwing athlete are common but very complex. It can be a real challenge to identify the specific cause of the problem and treat it quickly and easily. Many throwing athletes ...more
The Challenge of Treating the Throwing Athlete with Shoulder Pain
There are many possible causes of shoulder pain in the overhead-throwing athlete. With six phases of the baseball pitch (wind up, early cocking, late cocking, acceleration, deceleration, and follow-th ...more
Minor League Baseball Rookies at Higher Risk of Injury Than Veteran Players
Rookies entering the minor leagues run a greater risk of injury than veteran players, according to this study. The authors say that rookies may not be prepared physically for the new demands of higher ...more
Curve Ball or Fast Ball: Which One Loads the Arm More?
Shoulder, arm, and elbow injuries are common among young pitchers. And the number of youth affected is rising every year. This has caught the attention of parents, coaches, and sports medicine experts ...more

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