"Take me out to the ballgame...take me out with the crowd...buy me some peanuts and...Tommy John surgery?"
No one wants the trips to the little league pitching mound to end in surgery. But studies have shown that kids between the ages of 9-14 years old who throw curve balls were 50-60% more likely to incur shoulder injuries, and for children of the same age who throw sliders, those numbers increased to 86% for elbow injuries. In later studies, it's been determined that it's actually pitch count that has more to do with shoulder and elbow injury than the type of pitch thrown.
In this YouTube link, Dr. Andrew Morris shares information to help up-and-coming baseball players minimize their arm injury risk.
Anniston Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., is conveniently located in the Tyler Center on the campus of Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center. Our office is on the third floorwith easy access to the parking deck attached to the north side of the building.
731 Leighton Avenue, Suite 300
Anniston, Alabama 36207
Phone: 256-236-4121
Fax: 256-237-5254