- Jul 24, 2021
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My daughter is 12 . Pitched HE for 1 year and has been with a coach doing IR for one year. This year we’ve had two injuries. First was January, bursitis in her knee. After 5 weeks off & an MRI we figured this out. PT & stretching fixed it. This summer she’s been having some shoulder pain across the back of her shoulder. We’ve been seeing a chiropractor, doing some therapy he offers & having him tape with rock tape before tournaments. Injury happened late May throwing a softball in from outfield. Summer volleyball league started the following week & I believe That continued to irritate it.
We have been playing softball a lot the last 2 months. She’s seeing her pitching coach weekly. We work at home 3-5 days a week depending on wether she’s playing, plus tournaments. The only resource I’d found besides our pitching coach online was fastpitch power. I submitted A video for analysis a couple weeks ago and There is some mechanical breakdown going on for sure.
Because she started hurting again last week we saw the orthopedic doctor Monday & hes ordered PT & 3-4 weeks off. If it doesent improve we will do an MRI. Right now the orders say strained shoulder. He did toss the word impingement around during the examination.
My questions are these:
1. Have I messed My daughter up? Will rest, a strength/conditioning program & fixing mechanical breakdown issues be enough to keep this from continuing to happen?
2. Should we walk away from softball for a while so she can heal/develop/mature/experience other things?
3. if/when we go back to pitching should we find a new pitching coach?
4. if fastpitch power is no good should I even Be concerned with their analysis?
I’m sorry for rambling! I know There’s a lot going on in this post. I just Feel overwhelmed, a little defeated & like I’ve messed up my kid which of course is not my intention whatsoever.
We have been playing softball a lot the last 2 months. She’s seeing her pitching coach weekly. We work at home 3-5 days a week depending on wether she’s playing, plus tournaments. The only resource I’d found besides our pitching coach online was fastpitch power. I submitted A video for analysis a couple weeks ago and There is some mechanical breakdown going on for sure.
Because she started hurting again last week we saw the orthopedic doctor Monday & hes ordered PT & 3-4 weeks off. If it doesent improve we will do an MRI. Right now the orders say strained shoulder. He did toss the word impingement around during the examination.
My questions are these:
1. Have I messed My daughter up? Will rest, a strength/conditioning program & fixing mechanical breakdown issues be enough to keep this from continuing to happen?
2. Should we walk away from softball for a while so she can heal/develop/mature/experience other things?
3. if/when we go back to pitching should we find a new pitching coach?
4. if fastpitch power is no good should I even Be concerned with their analysis?
I’m sorry for rambling! I know There’s a lot going on in this post. I just Feel overwhelmed, a little defeated & like I’ve messed up my kid which of course is not my intention whatsoever.