What Causes Arm Problems?
Well, that’s a pretty complicated question. I don’t feel you can eliminate them. I feel you can manage your work and minimize the risk of injury. I like to tell folks there are three areas that are most likely to increase the risk of arm problems for pitchers. Inefficient Pitching Mechanics Too high of a workload for that pitcher Improper or lack of conditioning specific to pitching I believe there is also a genetic factor to this whole pitching injury thing. We are all built a little differently, so some of us are more prone to problems than others. Inefficient Pitching Mechanics Throwing a baseball down a mound at max effort certainly puts a lot of stress and strain on all the joints in the body. Especially the shoulder and elbow. It only makes sense that we would like to improve our pitching mechanics (the efficiency or inefficiency of our body working to throw the ball) and minimize the stresses on the body. What are efficient mechanics? Well, so called pitching gurus around the co
