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# Common Baseball Pitcher Injuries

Common baseball pitcher injuries will show you about the risk in playing baseball. See the details of it to keep the safe of yourself. In the way to know the details of the baseball sport, I think, it is important for you to know some matters of it. Well, knowing the matter of the baseball also will increase the sense in your playing game. The injury here is the risk of the player of the baseball. The injury sometimes will be the problem for the player. There are several kinds of the common baseball injuries, which you need to know below. See the details of it in the way to avoid the risk in your playing.

Rotator Cuff Tears

The first kind of it that you need to know is the rotator cuff tears. Well, it is the very common baseball injuries, especially for the pitchers. Something that you need to know here is that the rotator cuff is a network of the four muscles. It comes together as tendons to form a covering around the head of the upper arm bone. In this case, the repetitive shoulder motion can cause the tendons to wear down over time. In common, it is caused by the over power and false position in pitching ball.

Here, this can cause the pain in your affected shoulder. You will feel the pain especially when you are lay down. In this case, the certain arm movement also can cause the pain in the shoulder. You need to be careful with the kinds of arm movement, such as the lifting or lowering and the weakness of the shoulder. Sometimes, you also will feel the crackling sensation when moving the arm. In the minor case, this injury can be handed by the nonsurgical treatment. However, you need surgery when you have terrible injury.

UCL injury

The second kind that you need to know is the UCL injury. Well, it is kind of the common injury, which maybe will destroy the condition of your body. The UCL here means the ulnar collateral ligament. Well, the ulnar collateral ligament here us the common area, which can be attacked by the injury for the pitcher. The ulnar collateral ligament here is used as the stabilizer in the elbow. It is also useful for the preventing the joint from bending sideways. Well, here we know that the UCL here is important in your body.

The UCL here sometimes is stressed with the repetitive throwing motion. Well, you need to be careful in throwing the ball. Here, this can cause the pain and tenderness. The part of body, which is commonly affected, is the inner portion of the elbow. The elbow here maybe feel stiff and it will be difficult too fully straighten the arm. In some special cases, the UCL injury here can cause the numbness. The numbness or the tingling here happens in the ring and little finger. The treatment of it is the nonsurgical treatment for the light injury.

Knee Injury (ACL and MCL)

Another that you need to know is the knee injury. This kind of the common baseball injuries is divided into two kinds: it is the ACL and MCL. The ACL here means the anterior cruciate ligament. While the MCL is the medial collateral ligament. Those kinds of the ligament here have the important roles in the way to help in knee stabilizer. The knee injury here can happen when you are running from base to base. The kinds of the running here is making a sudden stop while running, the landing with a flexed knee, and others.

In this case, it will cause the sudden pain. Well, you will get the loud popping or the snapping sensation here when the injury is happening. In other hand, you also will face the swelling and the looseness in the joint. With this case, you may will be difficult inn putting the weight on the knee. In this case, the mild to the moderate kind of the ACL and MCL injuries can be treated with the nonsurgical treatment. However, when you have the serious ligament injury, you need to have the surgery.

Muscle Sprains and Strains

It is also kind of the injury risk when you are playing the baseball. This kind of the injury commonly caused by the overuse. In the baseball sport, the sprains and the strains are common in the legs, arms and back. You need to be careful with the condition of those matters when playing the baseball. In this case, the common injury happens because of the overstretched muscle and ligament there.

You need to pay attention about the symptoms of it. Here, the expert says that the symptoms of it are the pain, the muscle spasms and the weakness of the muscle. When you face this kind of the injury, you may will feel the bruising, the swelling and the inflammation in the injured area. The expert says that the common and the most treatment of this injury is the nonsurgical one. The injury here can be handed with the rest, ice, compression and the elevation.

Spondylolysis

It is kind of the injury, which may attack the pitcher. This kind of the injury, in common, happens in the lower back of the player. The expert says, in common, the first cause of this injury is the pressure in the lower back. The pressure here can cause the fracture. See how terrible it is! This kind of the injury often similar with the muscle strain of the pain spreading in the lower back.

The expert will give the therapy. The common therapy, which is applied by the doctor here, is the rest, physical therapy, and anti-inflammation medications. The kinds of the medical treatment as above will be effective to reduce the pain in your lower back. In other hand, for the more serious injury, the expert, in common, will apply the spinal fusion surgery. Well, this kind of the surgery will be effective to bring back the function of the back to stabilize the spin. Calling the doctor as soon as possible is great for you.

 

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