Rotation of the legs and trunk stretches the internal rotators, and, similar to stretching a rubber band, the shoulder harnesses part of this energy for the release phase of the pitch. Major league baseball pitchers take full advantage of this kinematic chain, enabling many of them to throw ...
This is especially common in athletes such as baseball pitchers, volleyball players, and swimmers. If the joint capsule gets stretched out and the shoulder muscles become weak, the ball of the humerus begins to slip around too much within the shoulder. Eventually this can cause irritation and ...
Asymptomatic volleyball players who are women with glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (N=60). Subjects were randomly assigned to either horizontal adduction stretching with manual scapular stabilization (n=30) or horizontal adduction stretching without stabilization (n=30). Passive stretching was ...
You need to keep in mind that your shoulder won't be back to 100% for some time (if at all) and so continued stretching with the exercises and stretches outlined by your PT, treatment with T•Shellz and cold therapy will maintain good health of the shoulder and significantly reduce ...