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Little League Shoulder in Youth Baseball Players

Little League Shoulder in Youth Baseball Players

Unnati Topiwala2023-12-21T14:42:58-05:00May 26th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Medical Subject Headings, Medical classification, Rotator cuff tear, Pectoralis major, Shoulder, Sports injury, Rotator cuff, Shoulder problem, Pitcher, Musculoskeletal system, Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, Humerus, Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the elbow|

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 [...]

Strong & Healthy

Strong & Healthy

Alex Wilkins2023-12-20T05:15:30-05:00November 15th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Injury Prevention Articles|Tags: Muscular system, Physiological effects in space, Football strength, Form, strength and performance in space, Reduced muscle mass, Skeletal muscle, Musculoskeletal system, Weight training, Pectoralis major, Kinesiology, Functional training, Strength and conditioning coach, Physical exercise, Human behavior, Exercise physiology, strength training, exercise, weight lifting, weights, personal training, sports|

Developing a Strong, Healthy Body There are a few qualities that everyone pursues in the journey to health, performance, and aesthetic/other personal objectives. Almost everyone’s physical goals fit within those three categories. The qualities that make up our goals can usually be found in building muscular strength, muscular size, speed, endurance, altering body composition, and weight loss/gain (i.e. a wrestler cutting weight). The key difference in pursuing these goals is in the vastly different paths it takes to reach them. [...]