- Oct 19, 2009
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Been coaching fastpitch for five years and haven't seen this before. My 10 year old daughter / pitcher has been having shoulder pain. This is her third year pitching and the trouble started a month ago for the first time.
Now she has always been on teams with four pitchers who get a pretty even amount of circle time so it's not like she gets ridden as our only horse. I think the most she's ever pitched in a day was 7 innings.
She was in the second inning of this game a month ago and walked the bases loaded. She had gone 3-2 on the first two batters with several second strike fouls so I wasn't too concerned about her control until she walked the third batter on four straight. So I go out to talk to her and she's in tears complaining that her shoulder hurt. I immediately replaced her and she didn't pitch anymore the rest of the weekend.
The strange part is that she has no pain throwing overhand or while batting. So, we gave her about a weeks' rest and tried to work out. 30 min workout, no pain and she did well. Two days later, we take her to a pitching lesson and ten minutes in she was experiencing pain.
We took her to see a physical therapist who examined her and stated that she didn't exhibit any type of structural bone / rotator cuff damage but said she has extraordinary range of motion and needs to strenthen her rotator cuff muscles and scapular muscles. So she has been doing these exercises daily and icing her shoulder afterward.
Took more time off and last Monday she had a supervised workout with her pitching coach to make sure there were no mechanical problems and she again did well, 30 minutes no pain. Pitched her Friday night and after two innings she was again complaining of shoulder pain!
So, we are doing what we should have done a month ago and taking her to the doctor - have an appointment this Wednesday.
The thing that is weird to me is that it never bothers her throwing overhand, batting, or tumbling (she dances and does advanced tumbling too), only when she pitches. Has anyone else ever heard of this type of injury / problem?
Friday night was the start of a tournament and although she didn't pitch anymore, she played five more games and had no trouble throwing overhand or batting. She also had her dance recital Saturday and was in four shows with no pain. (yes it was a stupid busy weekend but thank God we are done with the dance stuff till September!)
Now she has always been on teams with four pitchers who get a pretty even amount of circle time so it's not like she gets ridden as our only horse. I think the most she's ever pitched in a day was 7 innings.
She was in the second inning of this game a month ago and walked the bases loaded. She had gone 3-2 on the first two batters with several second strike fouls so I wasn't too concerned about her control until she walked the third batter on four straight. So I go out to talk to her and she's in tears complaining that her shoulder hurt. I immediately replaced her and she didn't pitch anymore the rest of the weekend.
The strange part is that she has no pain throwing overhand or while batting. So, we gave her about a weeks' rest and tried to work out. 30 min workout, no pain and she did well. Two days later, we take her to a pitching lesson and ten minutes in she was experiencing pain.
We took her to see a physical therapist who examined her and stated that she didn't exhibit any type of structural bone / rotator cuff damage but said she has extraordinary range of motion and needs to strenthen her rotator cuff muscles and scapular muscles. So she has been doing these exercises daily and icing her shoulder afterward.
Took more time off and last Monday she had a supervised workout with her pitching coach to make sure there were no mechanical problems and she again did well, 30 minutes no pain. Pitched her Friday night and after two innings she was again complaining of shoulder pain!
So, we are doing what we should have done a month ago and taking her to the doctor - have an appointment this Wednesday.
The thing that is weird to me is that it never bothers her throwing overhand, batting, or tumbling (she dances and does advanced tumbling too), only when she pitches. Has anyone else ever heard of this type of injury / problem?
Friday night was the start of a tournament and although she didn't pitch anymore, she played five more games and had no trouble throwing overhand or batting. She also had her dance recital Saturday and was in four shows with no pain. (yes it was a stupid busy weekend but thank God we are done with the dance stuff till September!)