quote:Originally posted by bballman:
My son had some elbow sorness fall of 2009. Went to a doctor to check it out. He prescribed PT and they discovered the same thing you are talking about. His pitching shoulder was a little weaker than the other. Did the PT they prescribed and he has been doing bands and light dumbells to keep his shoulder strong ever since then. He has not had shoulder or elbow pain since then.
Like BOF said, follow the instructions of the PT guys. I could be wrong, but I think when your shoulder weakens, it interupts the kinetic chain of throwing. The arm tries to compensate for it and the elbow suffers as a result. There are others here far more knowledgable than me, so they can correct me if I'm wrong. Just wanted to let you know, we had been through something similar.
I happen to agree with the above, I really do beleive that son's elbow problems may have been related to is past shoulder issues, but that was determined by a doctor, not the athletic trainer and PT.
OP has to clarify a bit, was it a doc or a PT who diagnosed his problem? If not, how do they know EXACTLY what is going on in the elbow or the shoulder?
They (a local doc and trainer) told son he had elbow tendinitous, until they actually did a test on his ulnar nerve and an MRI, they were wrong. The year before they said it was a loose capsule (did all od these excercises for nothing ),when it was an enlarged cortacoid bone. These diagnosis were by specialist, with specific tests done to determine the problem.