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Baseball Arm Throwing Injuries: A possible solution?

jennaadmin | July 13, 2023

Baseball Arm Throwing Injuries: A possible solution? By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Overuse injuries in the shoulder and elbow are the most common problems in baseball players. Injuries of the shoulder account for 14-21%, whereas the elbow account for 16%-22% of all baseball-related injuries. (Agresta et al. Orthop J Sports Med, 2019, [...]

Throwing Program Guideline: Return from injury

jennaadmin | July 3, 2023

Throwing Program Guideline: Return from injury By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Dynamic warm-up: Perform the dynamic warm-up prior to throwing. Throw and holds: Hold the baseball and go through the throwing motion without releasing the ball (10 times). Rest-recovery: After each set of throws, rest 60-90 sec. (Perform [...]

Baseball Sports Performance and Injury Prevention: Interval Throwing Programing Following Arm Injury

jennaadmin | July 3, 2023

Baseball Sports Performance and Injury Prevention: Interval Throwing Programing Following Arm Injury By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC The baseball throwing motion has been described as one of the most violent and stressful motions in all sports. The arm experiences velocities greater than 9000 deg/s and distraction forces (arm bone pulling away from [...]

Are current pitching guidelines in Little League Baseball helping to reduce shoulder and elbow injury?

Teresa Stockton | July 14, 2017

By John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Injury to the arms of youth baseball players is reaching near epidemic proportions. In a survey of youth baseball players, 74% reported having arm pain while throwing during a typical season. (Am. J. Sports Med. 2015). One study showed that pitchers with injuries to the shoulder and elbow […]

Concussion Myths for the Youth Athlete

Teresa Stockton | July 14, 2017

Approximately 4 million concussions occur in the USA per year during competitive sports and recreational activities. Unfortunately, up to 50% of the concussions may go unreported or undiagnosed. A concussion is defined as a traumatically induced transient disturbance of brain function due to head contact or rapid head acceleration and deceleration. Concussion is a subset […]