Heard somewhere there is a some sort of pump in the forearm that assists in getting blood getting from the hand. If true, is it being damaged?I’ve come across to injury’s recently, one that’s somewhat common the second I’ve never seen before.
The first: pitchers elbow continues to hit the hip at IR causing severe bruising and pain. Two things that I see are that she swims with her glove and swings her but out to open her hips instead of doing it naturally during her stride. I’m looking for help on what causes it and best approach to fix it.
The second: After pitching, her throwing hand really swells up, and it becomes quite painful especially around the thumb inside the palm area. She is 14, and throws 58-61, generating a lot of arm speed and whip. Has anyone ever come access this?
I’m no doctor. But neither are most here. That pain and swelling after pitching can be a serious thing. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome can even be life threatening. This girl needs to see a doctor.I’ve come across to injury’s recently, one that’s somewhat common the second I’ve never seen before.
The first: pitchers elbow continues to hit the hip at IR causing severe bruising and pain. Two things that I see are that she swims with her glove and swings her but out to open her hips instead of doing it naturally during her stride. I’m looking for help on what causes it and best approach to fix it.
The second: After pitching, her throwing hand really swells up, and it becomes quite painful especially around the thumb inside the palm area. She is 14, and throws 58-61, generating a lot of arm speed and whip. Has anyone ever come access this?
I totally understand what’s up with dd. I wasn’t sure what the other poster meant. It sounded like open up and let the arm run free. But didn’t want to say anything till I completely understood.
So my take on issue 1 is she is banging more than brushing.
It takes a bit of conscious effort sometimes in the beginning to get the rolling around the thigh and basically stopping the humerus before it slams into hip. Pronation at bottom will help. A lot.
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Great point! Basically pinky lead at brush.Fury, If I may expound some more. Check to see if pitchers ball is completely up at contact or facing toward 3rd base. Why? It still up at contact the elbow point will crash into the hip. The ball needs to turn as will the arm right prior to brush allowing for soft contact below the elbow on the soft area behind the hip. If she is doing those properly and continues to bruise she would have to be truly smashing her arm into her leg or hip rather than rolling around it.
Hope this helps.
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