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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 [...]

Blood Flow Restriction

Melissa Baudo2020-08-27T13:55:24-04:00August 25th, 2020|Categories: Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Articles|Tags: Anatomy, BFR, Blood flow restriction training, Branches of biology, Exercise physiology, fracture, MUSCLE STRAINS, Muscular system, Musculoskeletal injury, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, Overuse injuries, pain, pulled muscles, recovery, Rotator cuff, rotator cuff repair, Rotator cuff tear, RTT, Shoulder, Soft tissue disorders, Surgery, Tendinopathy, tendon injury|

Blood Flow Restriction: Is It Right For You? Is Blood Flow Restriction right for me? This question has recently become more common as the medical community has become increasingly aware of this powerful treatment modality. In this blog, we will detail Blood Flow Restriction, how it works, and how it might help you rehabilitate from injury or a pain process. What Is Blood Flow Restriction Training? Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training in the clinical setting involves the use of a [...]

Scar Mobilization: What you need to know

Melissa Baudo2024-09-29T16:36:30-04:00January 26th, 2020|Categories: Pain Management Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Adhesion, Anatomy, Breast reduction, Breast surgery, Clinical medicine, Connective tissue, Fascia, Healing, injuries, Keloid, Laura Glazebrook, Manual therapy, Medical specialties, Medical terminology, Medicine, Myofascial trigger point, Scar, scar mobilization, Scarring, Shoulder, Shoulder problem, Soft tissue, Soft tissue disorders, Surgery|

The body is really a phenomenal system that has the unique ability to completely rebuild our tissues when we get injured, biologically stitching our wounds back together. It’s quite amazing! The special cells that lay down the collagen to create a scar do a fantastic job of closing the body off from the unforgiving world. The problem is that the collagen fibers don’t get laid down in a very organized fashion (think of a string of Christmas lights that mysteriously [...]

Weakest Link // Tennis Injuries & the Kinetic Chain

OneTherapy2024-05-13T16:59:37-04:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: athlete, Elbow, health, Human leg, injury, kinetic chain, Medical specialties, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Overuse injuries, Physical Therapy, Rotator cuff, Rounded shoulder posture, RTT, Shoulder, Skeletal muscle, Soft tissue disorders, Sports injuries, Sports injury, Tendinitis, Tendinopathy, Tennis, Tennis elbow, Tennis injuries|

Do you have multiple or recurring injuries that seem to not go away? Tennis Elbow, Rotator Cuff Tendinitis, and Low Back and Neck Strains are among the most common injuries in tennis players. Injuries can happen because you are training way too much, you are not preparing or recovering properly, or because you have weaknesses or “weak links” in your kinetic chain. Tennis players can develop weak links and imbalances in flexibility, strength and range of motion, which can adversely [...]

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 [...]

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