It’s become an all-too-common – and alarming – sight in the office of renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Dugas of the famed Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala: talented teen baseball pitchers facing surgery from overuse.
Thanks to reporter, Ray Glier, for writing this article about the great research and work being done by our research & education partner, the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI). The story published online Tuesday, February 12.
When you pay to see a baseball game, you’re paying for action. Or at least you were. Baseball fans love the crack of the bat, the acrobatic catches, the bang-bang plays at first base and slide-and-tag plays at second.
With the increased popularity of extreme conditioning programs (ECPs), a group of Birmingham physicians noticed an increase in the rate of injury among participants of these programs. A cross-sectional study determined that the injury rate related to ECPs was no greater than the same injuries in other sports. However, information from the study is enabling fitness trainers and physicians to prevent and manage injuries related to the programs.
To participate in a research study, sponsored by Major League Baseball, to determine how different mound heights affect the pitching biomechanics of youth baseball pitchers.
Who may participate?
To participate in a research study, sponsored by Major League Baseball, to determine how different mound heights affect the pitching biomechanics of college baseball pitchers.
Who may participate?
by Robert Sevilla & Channon Hodge @CNNTech
Researchers are figuring out how to use high speed cameras and motion sensor tracking to help pitchers throw smoother, faster and safer and the science has found a fan in former Major League pitcher, Roy Halladay.
In an ASMI biomechanical study of more than 500 high school pitchers, Dr. Glenn Fleisig and his team determined the pitchers with higher pitch counts and the higher number of pitches during the season where the ones with the elbow and shoulder pain.
Thanks to HP Matter for asking Birmingham-based the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI), Dr. Glenn Fleisig and Dr. Lyle Cain, Jr. to contribute to their video segment about our biomechanics research and technology is positively impacting baseball injury prevention.