Wednesday, November 3, 2010

High Velocity Fastballs vs Shoulder Stability

The NY Times published a great article this weekend on the relationship between shoulder stability/strength/cuff length. Last season, several well known major league pitchers lost critical speed on their fastballs with no reports of pain or injuries. Mike Marshall, a former Dodgers relief pitcher and Cy Young Award recipient, now Ph.D. in exercise physiology says that “when baseball pitchers lose release velocity, it is always a result of the decrease in joint stability.”

If I am referred someone recovering from a shoulder injury for exercises, I ALWAYS make sure the person can maintain joint stability before progressing them to any other arm/shoulder exercises.

Mike Reinold has some great articles on shoulder strengthening.

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