🏆TOP MLB INJURIES
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It’s the middle of baseball season⚾️, and inevitably if you have a favorite team one of your players will be on the disabled list this year
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Baseball players have the biggest grind of any major sport. 162 games over the summer! The majority of these are overuse injuries (to pitchers) so off-season conditioning is really important.
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Despite good conditioning, injuries happen.
Some interesting trends in the MLB are that shoulder injuries are trending down ⬇️⬇️. They’re down about 20% over the last 20 years.
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But where is this wear and tear now happening? Likely the elbow (in the form of ulnar collateral ligament sprains). Over the past 20 years these are UP⬆️⬆️ 20% 🤔.
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This is because as health professionals we are getting great and treating and strengthening the shoulder…and players are averaging faster pitches 🔥🔥year by year.
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How do we prevent these elbow injuries from occurring? It’s one of the great mysteries of sports medicine right now. Do you rest your all-star pitcher or risk losing the championship? There is no right answer. But regardless the cost of paying injured and replacement MLB players is more than $700 Million!
.
It’s the middle of baseball season⚾️, and inevitably if you have a favorite team one of your players will be on the disabled list this year
.
Baseball players have the biggest grind of any major sport. 162 games over the summer! The majority of these are overuse injuries (to pitchers) so off-season conditioning is really important.
.
Despite good conditioning, injuries happen.
Some interesting trends in the MLB are that shoulder injuries are trending down ⬇️⬇️. They’re down about 20% over the last 20 years.
.
But where is this wear and tear now happening? Likely the elbow (in the form of ulnar collateral ligament sprains). Over the past 20 years these are UP⬆️⬆️ 20% 🤔.
.
This is because as health professionals we are getting great and treating and strengthening the shoulder…and players are averaging faster pitches 🔥🔥year by year.
.
How do we prevent these elbow injuries from occurring? It’s one of the great mysteries of sports medicine right now. Do you rest your all-star pitcher or risk losing the championship? There is no right answer. But regardless the cost of paying injured and replacement MLB players is more than $700 Million!
