Category Archives: Baseball
Throwing Program Guideline: Return from Injury
Baseball Arm Throwing Injuries: A possible solution?
Throwing Program Guideline: Return from injury
Baseball Sports Performance and Injury Prevention: Interval Throwing Programing Following Arm Injury
Sports Performance: Should I wear an ankle brace to prevent ankle injury?
Baseball Related Arm Injuries: A Possible Solution
Pre-Season/Winter Workout Throwing Program Guideline:
Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC 1. Dynamic warm up: Perform the dynamic warm-up prior to throwing. 2. Throw and holds: Hold baseball and go through throwing motion without releasing the ball (10 times). 3. Rest-recovery: After each set of throws, rest 60-90 sec. (Perform push-ups, front planks, side planks) 4. Phase progression: Progress […]
Sports performance: Why is Strength and Rate of Force Development Essential to Run Fast, Jump High, Throw Hard, and Hit Far?
By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC When watching professional athletes play their sport, we marvel at how they effortlessly hit a baseball over 400 feet, throw a baseball a 100 mph, jump over 40 inches to dunk a basketball, and run sub 4.2 sec on the football field. Advancements in strength and conditioning […]
Sports performance: Is there a benefit to muscle damage during resistance exercise?
By Dr. John R. Mishock There is a belief that resistance exercises or weightlifting create muscle damage, leading to tightness and limiting function in sports such as baseball, basketball, golf, and others. Does resistance exercise damage muscle? Can the muscle damage be helpful? Resistance training exercise creates micro-damage to the muscle. This muscle damage is […]