Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body, meaning it can move into more positions than any other joint. However, its mobility comes with the price of instability. A partial or full dislocation may occur when the top of the upper arm bone is pulled partially or completely out of the shoulder joint. This may cause numbness, swelling, pain and weakness. Shoulder exercises help treat and prevent dislocations due to weak, inflexible muscles.
Elliott Maddox was an American baseball player who had a decade-long career during the 1970s. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1947, Maddox was 22 when he made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers in 1970, and play...
Abrasions occur when the skin makes contact with another object and is scraped away. Abrasions are minor injuries and any bleeding is usually minimal. Baseball is not often a high-contact sport, but the game involves physical a...
You may be more susceptible to wrist problems if you frequently throw split-finger, or splitter, pitches. The risk of injury increases if you don't adequately warm up, stretch or strength train your wrists. If you experience an...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, is the governing body for higher-level collegiate athletics throughout the country. If you are a baseball player or coach in the NCAA, you need to learn the rules for off-s...
Throwing the right pitch can confound a batter and earn your team an out, or better yet – you a no-hitter. One of the main types of pitch is the fastball, which can be varied by the pitcher's grip, wrist motion, arm speed...
A first-rib fracture from playing baseball can occur when a batter is struck in the rib by a pitch. Doctors refer to this as a “traumatic” bone fracture or break caused by a single event. That’s not the only w...
Baseball and football are radically different sports, and so are the training needs of their players. Just because you’re in top condition for one of these sports doesn’t mean you’re ready to go out and tackle...
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