Posts Tagged ‘Baseball injuries’

5 of the Best Abdominal Exercises

Abdominal muscle weakness and poor control of your trunk (or “core”) negatively influence athletic performance and your activities of daily…

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Abdominal muscle exercise

Abdominal Oblique Injuries in Sports

Abdominal oblique injuries, also known as side strains, are common in rotational sports such as baseball, tennis, golf, and track…

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Oblique muscle injuries

Early Sports Specialization and Long-Term Athletic Success

Sports specialization is the year-round intensive training in a single sport at the exclusion of other sports.   Early sports specialization…

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Early Sport Specialization

Baseball Stretching Drill to Restore Range of Motion between Innings

Baseball players will lose range of motion in their throwing shoulder and elbow following a pitching session.  This loss of…

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Pitchers lose shoulder ROM following throwing

5 Arm Care Stretching Exercises for Baseball Players

The unique demand of throwing a baseball places tremendous stress on your arm bones, muscles, and soft tissues.  Therefore, shoulder…

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Baseball Arm Care Stretching Exercises

Little League Elbow: 5 Things Parents and Coaches Should Know

Little League elbow is an overuse injury affecting the inside part of the overhead athlete’s elbow.  The injury occurs in…

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Prevention of Little League Elbow

Little League Shoulder: 5 Things Coaches and Parents Should Know

Little League shoulder is an overuse injury that affects the upper arm growth plate in young baseball players.  The image…

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Shoulder and Elbow pain baseball

Does Stretching Reduce Injury Risk in Athletes?

Stretching exercises improve muscle flexibility and overall mobility. Typically, stretches are held for 15 to 30 seconds and performed multiple…

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Should athletes stretch?