Injuries

Increasing Number of Shoulder and Elbow Injuries Among Adolescent Baseball Players Seen in US Emergency Rooms  Purpose: To analyze national injury trends of youth baseball players. Hypotheses: 1) While the total number of baseball injuries diagnosed over the past decade would decrease, there would be an increase in...

Showcases and UCL Injuries in Elite Professional Pitchers Recent research by Peter K. Kriz, MD and colleagues in the Division of Sports Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School in Providence, RI has revealed interesting information concerning the relationship between the number of High School Showcases attended,...

SAVE YOUR ARM By Gene Coleman, Ed.D., RSCC*E Most Injuries Are Due to Overuse! USA Baseball Guidelines Warm-up to pitch, don’t pitch to warm-up Play for no more than 1 team at a time Pitch in only 1 game/day Observe pitch counts STOP when tired Pitch no more than 100 innings/year Pitch no more than 8...

Pitch Limits in Girls Softball By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC*E The Amateur Softball Association of American annually registers more than 83,000 girls’ softball teams comprising more than 1.2 million girls total, but there is limited research on the risk of injury to the throwing arm and shoulder of softball...

RESEARCH REVIEW Drafted MLB Pitchers, UCLR, Velocity, and Showcases Kriz, PK, et. al. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear in Elite Baseball Pitchers: Are High School Showcase Exposures Associated with Injury? AM J Sports Med. 50(11):3073-3082, 2022. Background: Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) surgeries...

Management of Acute Injuries in Baseball and Softball Games and Practice By Nate Shaw and Ryne Eubanks, Arizona Diamondbacks All sports, including youth and high school baseball and softball, have inherent risks. If you play long enough, nearly everyone will, at one time or another, get injured. For most athletes,...

Pitch Clock and Minor League Work Density By Brennan Mickelson, Seattle Mariners For those who haven’t watched a minor league game recently. MLB has made significant changes this year that effects the game every single pitch. The pitch clock is here, and the game, at least at the minor league level, will probably...

Why You Should Not Slide Head First By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC*E, FACSM Despite what doctors, athletic trainers and coaches say, kids from T-ball to high school and college routinely slide head first into 2B, 3B and occasionally into home plate. Why? They see big leaguers do it, so it must be the quickest way to...

RESEARCH REVIEW By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC*E “Do MLB players who specialize early sustain more serious injuries?” Early Sports Specialization – Effectiveness and Risk of injury in Professional Baseball Players11 Purpose: To determine the impact of early sport specialization on the frequency of serious...