I dunno, at least three posters have posted about bruising and other things. Another two want to buy sleeves to prevent the discomfort of banging the body. You are not the pitcher, easy for you to say it's nothing. Let's have you learn the brush right next to them, and throw 100 pitches a day (and the hard part will be when you are learning to get it right, or if you grow 6 inches).
Aim your argument to gronknation, he brought it up and made it a death sentence.
My daughter has developed constant pain/tingling in all of her fingers on her right hand at the age of 14 She hasn't played softball or her clarinet since the end of October, has been through hand therapy, and has not shown improvement. If an shelter is complaining of tingling I'd suggest erring on the side of caution. My girl is so sad to be sidelined that she's taken up playing left handed and will likely start trying to pitch lh soon. She has a nerve study scheduled for later this month so hopefully we'll know more then. I wish we'd taken her pain more seriously much earlier.
My daughter has developed constant pain/tingling in all of her fingers on her right hand at the age of 14 She hasn't played softball or her clarinet since the end of October, has been through hand therapy, and has not shown improvement. If a player is complaining of tingling I'd suggest erring on the side of caution. My girl is so sad to be sidelined that she's taken up playing left handed and will likely start trying to pitch lh soon. She has a nerve study scheduled for later this month so hopefully we'll know more then. I wish we'd taken her pain more seriously much earlier.
My daughter has developed constant pain/tingling in all of her fingers on her right hand at the age of 14 She hasn't played softball or her clarinet since the end of October, has been through hand therapy, and has not shown improvement. If a player is complaining of tingling I'd suggest erring on the side of caution. My girl is so sad to be sidelined that she's taken up playing left handed and will likely start trying to pitch lh soon. She has a nerve study scheduled for later this month so hopefully we'll know more then. I wish we'd taken her pain more seriously much earlier.
I've read this a few times, with a very open mind. I've a bit of a background in this stuff, too... and I'm sorta confused by what you mean in some of these statements. Could your clarify?
For one... I'm surprised to read that 'we' are just now understanding predisposition to RMI's. I've some really old text on this... and predisposition factors have been studied quite extensively... and quite specifically, for that matter. Could you expand on this... and what your definition of 'just now' might be?
We don't have a roadmap of why 2 people performing the exact same motion/function (all actions being equal) can have different outcomes in regards to physical health. 2 people doing the same job the same way and one can have no ill effects while the other results in a repetitive motion injury. There is some belief that genetics play a part in this scenario. This is just in reference to RMIs btw. Just now-last 10-15 years as studying long term injuries can take decades to validate.
Secondly, severe predisposition to injury can preclude mechanics... sure... but that's truly the minority (like less than one-tenth of one percent) of injuries sustained by athletes in this sport. Your thoughts? I agree that poor mechanics can create injury if that's the reference here. Tieing into above its possible for thousands of athletes can perform an unsavory mechanical function utilzing the same force/repetition etc etc and some will suffer an injury while others will not-my question is why is this the case hence we don't fully understand all the factors. For example all of these hello elbow pitchers-Im surprised theres not more ulnar nerve injuries attributed to the motion
Lastly... your final statement says that we can't truly compare one motion to another. This is where I became really confused... because I've over 100 medical journals that do just that... and then you say that their (the players) disposition to RMI is "a greater factor". For what?
I'd say technique and mechanics are the background of all things biomechanical... and I'm curious as to why this is of less importance, in your opinion. Genuine curiosity... not a challenge. Im agreeing with this and adding that there are other factors that exacerbate the problem. Lets step into a perfect scenario lol. Imagine that we can prove a certain pitching motion is optimum, then we can effectively teach all pitchers this motion and they all use it correctly. Even with this perfection so to speak there will be RMIs (severely reduced numbers I agree) and we don't know what other factors created what would be considered an anomaly. Genetics, build, proportion of fast twitch to slow twitch (which is genetic some believe).
Just curious if you can explain in detail more. Thanks! ~JS