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Sports Safety Minute April
What You Should Know About Throwing Injuries
Want to view exercises to help prevent throwing injuries? Check out this video.
Warm-up exercises such as this can help you reduce the likelihood of a throwing injury while you play.
Developing and practicing good throwing mechanics, along with ensuring proper rest between throwing sessions, can help your child avoid injury during play.
IMPORTANT LINKS:
- What you should know about throwing injuries
- Throwing injury prevention exercises
- Incremental preseason throwing program
Overhead sports such as baseball and softball frequently see injuries that involve throwing. Often times, throwing injuries involve the shoulder and elbow, but injuries can occur in other areas of the body as well. The onset of injury can occur after only one throw or it might occur after a period of time. There are many factors that can increase the risk of developing a throwing injury, including:
- Lack of proper rest/overuse
- Poor throwing mechanics
- Lack of proper strength/conditioning
If lingering pains or other factors aren't addressed immediately, a throwing injury can go from bad to worse. Luckily, there are ways you can help avoid injury. Besides getting proper rest and using good throwing mechanics, strengthening the supporting muscles of the shoulder/arm with exercises like those in our video can greatly reduce the chance of injury.
