IR Pitching

[Momof33]

My daughter has been doing internal rotation for about a year now. She is almost 12. In the last few weeks her elbow is bruising. Any ideas?

 

[Rosey]

You would need to send a video of a pitch. Check her posture though.

 

[DrRiello]

Has she grown?
Many times the girls grow and their hips widen. Ie. Start smashing the elbow on the hip.
If she isn’t hitting her hip then I’m not sure what’s up there.


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[Ken B]

Without video, it's difficult to suggest what is happening, but I think it goes without saying that she is hitting her hipbone. Often times the simple fix is the least intuitive: release closer to the body! In most cases of bruising, the pitcher is releasing too far from the thigh due to either posture, or for fear of contact. If her posture is poor, work on that and let her know it's ok for the inside of the elbow joint to tuck in behind the the soft area of the hipbone and allow the forearm to wrap/roll/brush in the soft area below the hipbone. Almost always, there is instant relief with soft on soft. Again, this is just guessing without seeing her. Here's some similar threads on this issue: https://www.discussfastpitch.com/th...r-pitcher-in-2-weeks.36643/page-2#post-518870
https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/huge-bruise-on-hip-bone-and-inner-elbow.25908/

Bruising Hip Help

In search of some needed help. My daughter who is 10 was a fairly dominant and consistent pitcher in the fall and is now struggling immensely. She has began to hit her elbow on the back part of her hip while pitching. She threw over 1500 pitches in games in the fall, and never had this...

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Hope that's helpful,
Ken

 

[Ken B]