Elbow Flexion Mechanism

1 . Describe the Major bones, muscles,joints and joint actions used to perform this movement skill and how they influence the way the body moves.

Ulnar collateral ligament injury is a type of elbow injury that develops from repeated overhand throwing movements (overuse). This motion places a lot of stress on the two strong bands of tissue (ligaments) that hold your elbow joint in place. The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is a main ligament located on the inside of your elbow. Over time, repetitive overhand throwing can damage the UCL.

Baseball is America's pastime. Everyone in this country knows a person who plays the game and the struggles they face throughout their entire baseball endeavors. Baseball is an overhead throwing sport that requires countless amount of repetition in order to perfect the art of throwing a baseball with different spins and velocities. Because baseball has become a non-season based sport in this modern era, it has risen health risks to the elbows of athletes that play continuously. The Ulnar Collateral Ligament, commonly coined as the Tommy John Ligament, is the

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

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.

We practiced proper biomechanics to help me pitch better. Not only throwing properly is important but icing our arms after is important for relieving the pain after a game. The purpose of the bio mechanical pitching evaluation is to reduce the risk of injury or re-injury by addressing the efficiency of a pitcher's mechanics. The pitching computer program is then used to calculate the kinematics (body angles, joint velocities, and timing mechanisms) and kinetics (joint forces and torques). ( www.asmi.org/bioeval.php?page=bio_eval ).

The Evoshield elbow guard is an essential piece of equipment for young baseball players. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a little league player, scholastic age baseball star, or a Major League hitter, taking a fastball off the elbow hurts.

When was the last time you thought about your ulnar collateral ligament? Have you ever thought about stretches you should do for your elbow and arm before throwing anything? How about what even makes your elbow work? These are things I never took into consideration before my injury.

The purpose of this study was to examine the risk factors of the baseball elbow lesion in youth baseball players to perform medical check including trunk function. The subjects were the men's elementary and junior high of 166 baseball players (11.4 ± 2.0 years) who participated in the medical check of the off-season. Lesions of the elbow joint were assessed using ultrasound system. Tenderness inspection was performed on medial epicondyle and the humerus capitellum.Which test is the case of a positive as a group of disorders, and the other was a non-disabled group. It was measured the physical function of the 20 items in order to examine the relationship between baseball elbow lesion. It was performed univariate analysis between the two groups

The game of baseball has been called America’s past time but recently the sport has had a drastic epidemic of elbow injuries. Tommy John surgery in the past was a rare occurrence in athletes. Now many athletes are falling to the injury and sitting out for a season or two recovering from the injury. Many sport experts are pondering how to help lower the injury rate that is becoming a commonality among baseball players. The impact of the diagnosis of Tommy John surgery has led to the investigations of its causes as well as preventions of the

Golfers Elbow, aka medial epicondylitis, is a pain or tenderness on the front side of your elbow. I choose this injury because it is somewhat related with baseball since it can be caused by improper swings or throws. There isn’t much to know about Golfer’s Elbow but here is a good overview of the injury.

You can pick from many braces for tennis elbow, but do you really need one? What are they good for? If you've been playing a little too much tennis as of late and your starting to feel a little pain in your forearm, then you might have a case of tennis elbow. This is where the braces come into play. Make use of tennis elbow brace to reduces the inflammation.

On 8/9/17 I met Mr. Malone at Bremmer Prosthetics regarding his Myoelectric arm. The mechanical arm was checked out and a couple of screws were changed and some strap replacement was done. Nate the technician did some testing on the muscle of the arm to make sure he would be able to operate the myoelectrical arm. There are 5 functions to the hand in regards to gripping. Mr. Malone last had an electric arm 17 years ago. The technology has advanced. The testing showed that Mr. Malone would be able to operate the new mechanical arm well. We were told he would need to have some occupational therapy once he had the new arm. I asked what the projections for the mechanical arm are and was told about 5 years. The mechanical arm is about 10 years

This followed fastballs throws at 18.4 m from a mound at 3 different effort levels: 60%, 80%, and full effort. Kinetic values for humeral internal rotational torque and elbow valgus load were recorded for each throw. Repeated-measures analyses of variance were used to compare all 7 throwing conditions within pitchers. Kinetic data was also compared against ball velocity to determine throwing efficiency. A separate analysis was also conducted using a 3-level repeated-measures analysis of variances comparing just the variable-effort throws from the mound. There were significant differences in humeral IR and elbow valgus load off the mound at 60-100%. The study showed that partial effort pitching placed lower loads on the shoulder and elbow. Flat ground throwing had similar loads with pitching from the mound but at a significantly lower ball velocity. The mechanical advantage of throwing from a mound or using the crow hop is likely protective during rehabilitation and training throws. Repetitive use of the shoulder and elbow in overhead athletes places stress and physiological limits leading to breakdown, furthermore

Shoulder pain and associated glenohumeral joint movement dysfunctions are common and debilitating conditions(5). The most frequently occurring problems include: shoulder impingement, rotator cuff-associated disorders, glenohumeral joint instability and adhesive capsulitis(5). Proper scapular motion and stability are considered to be crucial for the shoulder to function normally(6, 7). The scapular must serve as first, a stable base for glenohumeral function, second, a site of muscle attachment and third, a link for proximal-to-distal transfer of energy(2, 6, 8). Therefore abnormal functioning of the scapular will decrease normal shoulder function and predispose the shoulder to injury ((2, 5, 9). This essay aims to review the importance of scapular control during shoulder movements, and will discuss the evidence for scapular control to rehabilitate Glenohumeral joint injuries.