Integrated Performance Blog

I often get asked, what all needs to be done to keep an arm healthy and strong for a baseball player. There are many things that can be done, but most get broken into two categories to train:

1. Train movement
2. Train the arm itself

The body has to move well in order to limit stress on the arm when...

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...