Baseball injuries part 2

Here is part 2 of 3 regarding Baseball injuries:

Elbow injuries also get a lot of attention. Most people have heard of the dreaded Tommy John procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament is reconstructed. This procedure commonly sidelines a player for a full year if not longer. When the stress of the throwing motion is not able to be absorbed by the shoulder joint, the next stop for this stress is the elbow. Most often a throwers elbow pain has been caused by one of 2 things. Either he or she has weakness in his or her rotator cuff or they may have mechanic issues which can stress the elbow in unneeded ways.

Please follow this link to see our most recent rotator cuff and shoulder stabilizer strengthening article on injury prevention.