Throw the Perfect Fastball and Prevent Tommy John Surgery in Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) has had home run eras, base stealing eras, and dead ball eras. Now, we have the “velocity” era where starting and relieving pitchers are throwing harder than ever.
- 2007 | Pitchers 25 years or younger threw a fastball with an average velocity of 90.8 mph.
- 2008 | 13 different relievers threw a fastball at an average of 95 mph or greater.
- 2013 | The number of relievers that threw 95 mph or greater grew from 13 to 46.
- 2013 | The same age group of pitchers (25 years or younger) averaged 92.5 mph fastballs.
Do You Have Golfer’s Elbow? Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery
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It’s that time of year again when the links are heating up….and so are complaints of elbow pain. Many recreational golfers may experience pain on the inside of their elbows after picking up the clubs again this summer. Some refer to this elbow pain as “golfer’s elbow”. This condition can be very painful, and even causes some to give up the game.
AC Sprains and Clavicle Fractures in Ice Hockey: Bio-mechanical perspective
AC Sprains and other upper body injuries:
Research in the past has identified that approximately 70% of upper extremity injuries in ice hockey occur during games and that approximately 50% of them can be defined as a sprain, strain, or a fracture.3 The most common diagnosed injury of the shoulder in hockey today is a sprain of the Acromioclavicular (AC) joint, or AC Sprains.
