Sports Performance Lab – Throwing Program
In recent years, baseball has seen an increasing number of shoulder and elbow injuries. One concerning factor is that the injuries are happening at a younger age than ever. These injuries are often a result of overuse and occur when young athletes play one sport year round.
To help prevent these injuries, Rebound’s physicians, physical therapists, and athletic trainers developed a preventative throwing program as well as a post-injury throwing program, as part of the athlete’s rehabilitative program.
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The Rebound Throwing Program consists of in-clinic sessions focused on proper stretches, warm-up and strengthening exercises, and throwing drills. Throwing sessions are done in our indoor Sports Performance Lab, equiped with turf and an indoor mound.
Our patients are evaluated by Rebound Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers to determine the athlete’s areas of weakness in mechanics, strength, and range of motion of the throwing shoulder and elbow complex. An individualized strength and stability program is designed for each athlete, targeting improvement in throwing efficiency. The athlete will learn how to utilize their whole body, to protect their shoulder and elbow, versus throwing “all arm,” which can lead to overuse type injuries. The athlete’s throwing motion is videotaped and reviewed targeting specific mechanics with research-based evidence.
Rebound Physical Therapy uses Dartfish, a unique software system, to help analyze throwing motion on flat ground and off a mound. This state of the art program helps us to correct issues with mechanics, including elbow height, stride length, and range of motion.
The overhead throwing athlete will come away from the Throwing Program knowing proper warm-up drills, stretches, strengthening exercises, and throwing mechanics specific to his or her needs.
Here are a few stretches and exercises that you can get started with:
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For more information on Rebound Physical Therapy’s throwing program please contact: 360-449-8700