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Can High School Freshmen or Sophomores Still Get Little League Elbow, or Is It Just a Youth Injury?
Absolutely, they can. Don't let the name fool you. While people think "Little League Elbow" is strictly for 11-year-olds, the medical reality is that a pitcher's growth plates don't fully fuse until ...
Why does my son complain of deep pain in the back or top of his shoulder only when he brings his arm all the way back to throw?
When your son says his shoulder feels completely normal until he reaches maximum "layback" (the late cocking phase of pitching), he is describing the classic presentation ...
My son’s elbow hurts in the back, not the inside. What is going on?
The classic "Tommy John" injury occurs on the inside crease of the elbow where the UCL lives. If your son's pain is localized strictly to the backside of the joint, it points directly toward posterior elbow impingement—clinically d...
Q: What exactly is a UCL injury, and how does it happen?
The Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) is a thick band of tissue on the inside part of the elbow that acts as the primary stabilizer connecting your upper arm bone (humerus) to your lower arm bone (ulna).
Think of the pitching motion as a whip....
We are officially in the thick of summer ball, and the heat is getting real. If you’ve spent any time tracking weekend schedules at Grand Park in Westfield, you know what it looks like: your team is rolling through two, sometimes three games a day under a blazing June sun.
But there’s a hidden fact...
It is officially the heart of the summer travel circuit. If you look at your family calendar right now, your weeks probably look identical from one page to the next.
Monday through Wednesday, the schedule is quiet. Then Thursday evening rolls around, and you hit the road. From Friday through Sunday...
The transition from Indiana high school baseball to the summer travel circuit is officially underway. While the change of uniform seems simple, what's happening underneath the hood to an athlete's body during this transition is both subtle and incredibly profound.
During the high school season, rol...
Right now, the Indiana high school baseball season is wrapping up, and travel ball tournaments are starting to pack the schedules. Over the next few weeks, hundreds of players will transition from playing for their schools to hitting the turf at Grand Park in Westfield or traveling across the Midwes...
Welcome to Sectionals Week. The entire Integrated Performance Team wants to send a massive good luck out to all the players we’ve worked with this year, and everyone we’ve coached in years past. You’ve put in the work, now go show out. We hope to see every one of you make a successful, deep playoff ...
In an ideal world, every pitcher is on a 7-day rotation. You’d have one start, six days of recovery, and plenty of time to get your body right. But it’s never ideal—this is Indiana high school baseball. We don’t always have the manpower for a 5-man rotation.
Whether your son is a starter on short r...
Everyone wants to be the hero in Sectionals. We’re at that point in the year where every pitcher is dealing with some sort of nagging soreness. You’ve been grinding since March, your body is tired, and the adrenaline of the tournament is the only thing keeping you going.
But here is the reality: If...
Sectional pairings are finally out. This is the moment you’ve been working for all year. But if your arm is hanging now, you are getting a little worried. Your bicep is tight, your forearm feels like a brick, and you’re just praying you can "make it through" the next few weeks.
I hear it from playe...
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