Integrated Performance Blog

A pitcher wants to make sure their body is fully prepared to step on the mound and throw their first pitch before a start. Pitching not only includes the arm but also the rest of the body.

When planning out a specific warm-up for an individual pitcher, there are 4 main groups of exercises that...

Low back pain is a major cause for missed time from work and sports. Recent studies show that as many as 15% of athletes will miss playing time due to low back pain.

One of the categories of low back pain is the stabilization category. Some one that fits in this category needs to focus more on...

Low back pain is a major cause for missed time from work and sports. Recent studies show that as many as 15% of athletes will miss playing time due to low back pain.

Mobility from the hips, upper back, and even your ankles can significantly effect how your low back feels. If one of those area's...

Low back pain is one of the most common injuries for athletes and general population. Treating low back pain can be tricky at times, especially when there are so many different philosophies and exercises out there that are said to "target" low back pain.

When I treat low back pain,...

Ankle mobility is crucial in pitching to allow you to load into your back hip to produce the most force towards home plate. This allows a pitcher to become more efficient to perform at their best and to be durable. There has also been some evidence that limitations in ankle mobility has been...

The ability to be able to stop yourself with your lead leg as a pitcher is crucial to be able to transfer force from your body to the ball. Without hip internal rotation, you may not be able to transfer this force efficiently which can lead to a decrease in performance (velocity and accuracy) or...

A baseball season can be long and tiring, especially for a pitcher as the innings and pitches begin to add up. If you notice that you are starting to feel a little sluggish and your velocity is starting to drop a little, you may be losing thorax, or upper back, rotation.

Thorax rotation is...

If you are starting to have discomfort in your shoulder as the season goes on, especially in the front of the shoulder, you may be losing how well you can control shoulder external rotation

As you throw, your external rotators are forced to control an extreme position in layback. The constant...

Shoulder soreness and pain is something a lot of pitcher's deal with over the course of a season. After an outing, a few movement restrictions may pop up.

One of the common areas of the body that likes to stiffen up after an outing is shoulder internal rotation. If you are experience increased...

Are you having any type of shoulder soreness or pain?

As the season goes on, arms start to get heavy, sore, and some times painful. It is crucial for us to try to restore any type of movement limitation before we step on the mound again to reduce any risk of injury and to be able to perform at...

I have had a lot of questions on the best way to develop an athlete to help them reach their highest performance. When I think about athlete development, I think of 3 main categories where I may want to develop the athlete:

• Skill
• Performance/Capacity
• Movement

Within each of...

After last week's post about a weekly arm care schedule for pitchers, I had several athlete's how they can use this structure if they do not pitch and only play the field. This is a great question and can be confusing due to several reasons:

• Position player's main throwing is during catch play
• ...