Disability Study Proposal

For the past century, baseball has been America’s national pastime. As these games play out on television, younger athletes are primed to take these players places someday. As kids begin playing, they have to often learn the basics of hitting, fielding, pitching, and running. Parents often push their kids

Ripley According to the National Federation of State High School Associations studying in California, “1.5 million preadolescent and adolescent boys participate in high school football” (qtd. “Injuries”). That is a lot of students at risk for injury while playing high school sports. In the two seasons of high school football seasons observed in California, “players sustained 25.5 injuries per 100 players” (“Injuries”). With all those injuries, students are likely out of the game and are possibly hampered in other parts of their life, adjusting to their injury. With these injuries on young bodies, they can cause many problems in the future. The issue of injuries to students participating in high school sports cannot be ignored.

Baseball is a sport of many skills and figuring out the weaker part between all the skills is very challenging in baseball because it’s broken down into so many parts of the game. The sports are divided into offensive technical, offensive tactical, defensive technical and defensive tactical. All of these skills have a very strict guideline that one will fail without the other. In this paper, it will go through the details of the most important part and yet the weakest part in the youth baseball today. Offensive technical skills have been the struggle in youth kids these days because of the facts everyone wants to hit for a home run. Home run shouldn’t be the focal point of the offensive, but in today games it really has been the team in the professional really just want that guy who can hit fifty plus home run in a season.

It is extremely difficult to maintain arm health for a full season. Because of the increased average velocity and innings thrown throughout pitchers in the major leagues, a higher percentage of pitchers have encountered injuries in the elbow and UCL reconstruction is necessary to continue their baseball career. Tearing of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) is a very severe injury and requires surgery or reconstruction of the ligament in order to throw again.The recovery process is long and grueling and can have an effect on the mental aspect of throwing a baseball with intent or maximum effort. In “ Biomechanical Performance of Baseball Pitchers with a History of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction” Fleisig, Laughlin, Aune, and colleagues claim that this tentative attribute inhibits biomechanics of throwing the baseball such as stride length, tilt of pitch, velocity, and noticeably different shoulder and elbow mechanics (Fleisig, Laughlin, Aune, et. al., 2015, page 1045). However, these Orthopedic Surgeons and Baseball Medical Officials performed a study that demonstrated that there was no significant difference in the biomechanics of pitchers with reconstructive surgery and those without it. Being able to return to an equal or higher level of play after surgery and rehabilitation is possible and players are not at a

Over the course of baseballs long existence it has been a very laid back sport with only minor injuries. But in the last decade or so the injuries have been popping up all over. Definitely the most common one being the tearing of the ucl tendon in the arm. This injury takes time to tear and it usually starts to hurt before the ligament actually snaps. “Most commonly, there is a gradual onset of elbow pain due to repetitive stresses on the ligament”(Hopkins Medicine). But there are cases where thee injury can be sudden and happen on one pitch. There have been more and more of these injuries but the biggest shock is the amount of young kids dealing with pain in their elbows. This is an effect of year round baseball, because the kids and teens are not getting their proper rest in between pitch outings. Also their coaches could be pushing them to pitch more innings and throw more pitches. But not only are young people getting these injuries older pros are also. There has been a substantial increase in

Inner city baseball teams, promote a positive environment for children and young adults to help prevent and reduce the rise in city crime rate. In many eyes, the people of America value baseball as the number one sport nationwide. Many Americans live for the crack of a bat when it makes contact with the ball, or for the thrill of predicting on where the balls going to land or if the team player is going to catch the “pop fly”. Baseball is a sport played by some and watched by millions. Baseball is a sport that requires nothing less than high quality team work, hand eye coordination, and chomping on a stick of “big chew gum”. It’s every minor baseball players dream to make it into the major leagues, and to hit a home run or a grand

The interview with Darlene and Kristen has added to my knowledge about adults with disabilities that I did not get from part 1 and 2 of this project. One is how the disability could be more beneficial than hurtful to the person’s life. Like with Darlene, one can could be almost oblivious to the disability and hardship it can cause. This aids them in fully functioning in their lives without feelling hopless and frustrated in their situation. I also learned how fullying being a caregiver can be. Any job is frustrating sometimes, especially those you have to take home with you, but interviewing Kristen showed me that the love and enjoyment see gets from Darlene and Rhonda, her other client, is worth it. I also learned how a relatively short

Wouldn’t you like to know the wonders of arm injuries? There are a few pitchers who have to undergo Tommy John surgery. Most of the time after Tommy John surgery the pitcher is out for a year or two. “There is a growing belief, though, that recovery time isn't sufficient after many Tommy John procedures, thanks to an erroneous idea that crept into the sport in recent years that pitchers need only 10-18 months to come back from a UCL replacement, whereas accepted standard time to return from a Tommy John procedure in medical circles is 16-20 months.” Many pitchers come back before they are assigned. That is why they have so many arm injuries in the long run. "There are more guys going through this and it's better to err on the side of giving more time. Even with a first Tommy John, people expect a 100-percent success rate, and while the odds are very good, it's not 100 percent.” They come in expecting to able to be the way they were before the surgery. Pitchers need to slow down after they

Objective: Little leaguer’s should is the common name for proximal humeral epiphysiolysis. It is most common in youth throwing athletes because of their growth plates are more vulnerable to being injured. Youth baseball players are the demographic in which this injury is the most common. This study is important because it helps you see the predispositions for this injury and the sign and symptoms that can all help you find the best treatment. This article is also helpful in making a treatment and rehabilitation plan. However, even though we know this injury is more common in youth baseball players, we don’t know the exact cause of little leaguer’s elbow.

Along with the throwing arm, one of the largest areas where injuries occur happens to be one of the largest parts of the body, the trunk. Trunk injuries have one of the highest percentages of any injuries in major league baseball. With the help of measurements that can be taken between the pelvis and upper trunk, Exercise Scientists are able to calculate measurements including the maximum trunk rotation and angular acceleration of the trunk. Front foot contact for pitching, and after ball contact for batters is the most demanding instance for the trunk and spine, thus placing more stress on those areas during that time. Although it is impossible to calculate the amount of stress the abdominal muscles repetitively go through during pitching

According to the American Sports Medicine Institute Tommy John surgery has become an epidemic in professional baseball pitchers.1 As if that isn’t concerning enough, it is being performed most prevalently on college baseball pitchers.2 The focus of this paper is to discuss how to prevent individuals from needing Tommy John surgery, the most successful methods/techniques in performing Tommy John surgery, as well as recovery from the surgery to allow a player to return or even eclipse their abilities prior to their injury.

Most people think that the initiative program would be a very huge success for youths and parents in the non formalized baseball games. Major League Baseball said that participation in alqqqqqql of the major team sports has dropped in recent years. Among children six to seventeen, baseball ranked ahead of soccer and football in participation.However, it ranked behind basketball. Most people believe baseball does not have a lot of protecting gear and think that their child could get seriously hurt by a baseball.

Stability of the elbow joint is achieved from the elbow osseous structures and the surrounding soft tissues [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Primary stability at elbow flexion less than 20° and more than 120° is imparted by the olecranon fossa articulation. However, in the dynamic range of motion predominantly used by baseball pitchers (20–120° of flexion), soft tissue structures are responsible for primary stability of the elbow [1, 2, 3]. For this reason, baseball pitchers are at higher risk of soft tissue injury at the elbow [1, 2,

I am a 16 year old from Benedictine High School in Cleveland, Ohio. I encountered a problem recently, and thought I could share my experience with the rest of the world. Like most of you guys, I am a huge baseball fan and player. I am a pitcher on my school team as well as my summer team. Along with being a quarterback in the fall this isn't always the easiest on my arm. Up until this past year I had managed it all with ease, and had not encountered a single issue. That all changed very fast this most reason season as a result of my impatience and stubbornness. If you've ever seen a major league pitcher warmup they're out there for hours long tossing, stretching, and getting ready to throw that night. I would toss the ball a couple

America’s baseball diamonds, soccer fields, hockey rinks, and basketball courts have never been so busy with children. The number of kids involved in an organized sport is not what is so groundbreaking. It’s the way in which children are playing or how their parents are arranging for them to