Youth Sports Articles

Little League Shoulder in Youth Baseball Players

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T17:33:28-04:00May 26th, 2021|Categories: Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, Baseball pitching, Humerus, Little League elbow, Medical classification, Medical Subject Headings, Musculoskeletal system, Overuse injuries, Pectoralis major, Pitcher, Rotator cuff, Rotator cuff tear, Shoulder, Shoulder problem, Sports injury, Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the elbow, Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction|

Baseball remains a popular sport among adolescent athletes. However, single-sport specialization and year-round competition have led to an increase in upper extremity injury in youth baseball players. While the elbow is the most frequent complaint of adolescent baseball players, the shoulder is often implicated.1 “Little league shoulder” is a common shoulder injury among youth baseball players. What is little league shoulder? Little league shoulder, or proximal humeral epiphysiolysis, is an overuse injury that occurs at the growth plate in [...]

Frozen Shoulder

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T16:28:24-04:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: General Information, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: active, Adhesion, Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, American College of Sports Medicine, Arthritis, athlete, Capsulitis, Elbow, Frozen Shoulder, health, immobility, inflammation, injury, Injury Prevention, Manipulation under anesthesia, Manual therapy, Medical specialties, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, Musculoskeletal system, Osteochondritis dissecans, Overuse injuries, Physical Therapy, Rotator cuff, Rotator cuff tear, Shoulder, Shoulder joint, shoulder pain, Shoulder problem, Soft tissue disorders, Sports medicine, Thomas Joyce, Trauma, warm-up|

What is a frozen shoulder? Frozen shoulder, or “adhesive capsulitis,” is a condition that involves a tightening of the capsule and ligaments around the shoulder. Inflammation within the shoulder joint and an increase in nerve growth around the shoulder complex results in pain, stiffness, and limited shoulder range of motion.1 It is estimated that 2-5.3% of the general population experiences frozen shoulder.1 Studies have shown that this pathology is more prevalent among females and individuals between 40 and 70 years [...]

Hydration For Youth Athletes

Melissa Baudo2023-12-21T14:41:23-05:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Articles, Biology, Branches of biology, Dehydration, Dietary supplements, Electrolyte disturbances, Exercise physiology, health, Heat cramps, heat illness, Heat stroke, hydration, Karen Davis Warren, Medical emergencies, Medicine, Perspiration, Physical exercise, recovery, RTT, sports drink, Thermoregulation, Wilderness medical emergencies, youth athletes|

As a parent of a young athlete, like me, I often get asked the following questions about youth hydration: How much should my child be drinking? When should they be drinking? What should they be drinking? Why are children more prone to heat illness and how do we prevent it? What happens in the winter when it’s cooler? The youth sports programs don’t typically have nutritionists on staff guiding and educating the athletes or parents, so it’s time to put [...]

Sports Specialization

OneTherapy2023-12-20T05:12:11-05:00March 14th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Amateur sport, child athlete, children, Early sports specialization, Human behavior, Medicine, Overuse injuries, Repetitive strain injury, sport specialization, sports, Sports injuries, Sports medicine, Youth sports|

Is sports specialization helping kids get better at sports and keeping them healthy? Sports participation in younger athletes has evolved over the years from child-driven activities for fun to intense training, performance-enhancement, and specialized training. This changing environment has left parents, young athletes, and coaches wondering and needing guidance on what is the most appropriate path of athlete development. Until recently, there has been very little published evidence to support any particular path or to outline any specific risks of [...]

Oh No! Tennis Elbow!

OneTherapy2023-12-14T03:40:17-05:00August 9th, 2017|Categories: General Information, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Elbow, Epicondylitis, Medical classification, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Muscle imbalance, Musculoskeletal system, Overuse injuries, pain, Platelet-rich plasma, RTT, Shoulder, Soft tissue disorders, Sports injuries, Tendinopathy, Tennis elbow, Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the elbow|

By Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC Is your elbow giving out on you when you play tennis? Do you feel pain whenever you grip your racket, type, text, write, carry something, or shake hands? You may be suffering from tennis elbow. Tennis elbow, clinically referred to as Lateral Epicondylitis, plagues approximately 40-50% of all recreational racquet sport athletes at some point in their career with most cases occurring after age 30. Tennis elbow is a common overuse [...]

Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect

OneTherapy2023-12-21T14:44:25-05:00August 2nd, 2017|Categories: General Information, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Fade|

Risks of Early Sport Specialization in Young Athletes Youth sport participation has increased tremendously over the past several decades. In the past 30 years, there has been a 200% increase in the number of children participating in youth sports. Sports are a great way for kids to develop skills, learn teamwork, set goals, and socialize with their peers. However, the days of simple recreational sport are slowly fading for many of our nation’s youth. Kids are being asked to [...]

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