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Post-Pitching Arm Care arm care baseball development overhead athlete recovery restoration softball tennis volleyball

What does a post pitching arm care plan look like? 

We want to certainly do our recovery.  We want to do our restoration, but it's also our prime opportunity for development.  And what does development mean?  We want to improve capacity, so we are going to improve...

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Capacity and Load Management in Overhead Athletes baseball overhead athlete recovery restoration tennis volleyball

In all sports, but particularly with overhead athletes. We have to consider load management, and we have to consider performance readiness.

What does it look like for a specific warm up? And does a pitcher need something additional or different? And then what does recovery, what does restoration...

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Recovery vs. Restoring After Pitching baseball recovery restoration

Recovering vs restoring after pitching – does the word we use matter? When players become more serious about the game, they understand the importance of preparing their mind and body to compete. Unfortunately, our focus really needs to shift from not only preparing for competition but also...

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A Commonly Missed Impairment After ACL Reconstruction acl reconstruction recovery

Let's talk about one of the most commonly missed impairments after ACL reconstruction --  loss of knee flexion range of motion. To me, this is defined as getting the ischial tuberosities all the way back to the heels (researchers define it as within 5 degrees compared to the...

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Overhead athlete warm up and recovery baseball overhead athlete recovery

 

 Exercise Club Circles

 This is one of the best exercises for warm-up for the overhead athlete. I also particularly like it for recovery after pitching

 

6 Position Carry for Training and Recovery

This 6 position carry is an excellent way to restore the shoulder and...

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