On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast (X: @TheAMSSM), host Dr. Devin McFadden, MD, is joined by Dr. Robert Bowers, DO, PhD (X: @TheDrROBO) and Dr. Jason Zaremski, MD, FAMSSM (X: @DrZSportsDoc) to discuss their research related to overuse throwing injuries, weighted ball throwing programs and more.
For further discussion on this topic, check out a recent AMSSM webinar facilitated by Dr. Bowers and Dr. Zaremski on The Throwing Injury Epidemic in Baseball and Softball: What Science, Data and the Experts Say, featuring an international panel of experts.
Resources:
- Pitching Restriction Policies in Adolescent and High-School Baseball Pitchers: Is It Time for an Updated Paradigm?
- The Throwing Injury Epidemic in Baseball and Softball: What Science, Data and the Experts Say [YouTube]
- Effect of a 6-Week Weighted Baseball Throwing Program on Pitch Velocity, Pitching Arm Biomechanics, Passive Range of Motion, and Injury Rates
- Most high school baseball pitchers are using weighted ball throwing programs to increase ball velocity: cross-sectional analysis of US high school pitchers