Back Pain

See a doctor ASAP ~!!!!

Certanly there are things he can do. But before he does any of that he needs to get accessed by the proper medical staff in order to evaluate specifically what is going on.

Has the doc's appointment been made? Have him checked out 1st.........then proceed. The doctor may also refer him to a physical therapist who can give him the correct exercise(s) to do if needed.

Tim Robertson

welcome to hsbbweb birdman ...

there have been some discussions on your question in the past that may do you some good .. I'll try to find them & provide a link

lower back pain

that growth spurt may be a contributing factor

regarding seeking medical advice, if you can get a referral to a good "sports otho guy" you can save a few steps - a trip to a family doctor or non-sports otho MD will likely be frustrating.

from our experience even the "sports ortho" leans on rest & PT (therapy), before dropping $2000 on an MRI for "stiffness", but not always as an MRI can eliminate guesswork and eliminate wasted time

good luck

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experiencing "stiffness" in the front side of his lower back

btw, exactly where is the "front side of the back"??

Thanks for the advice. I am making the appointment tomorrow.
BTW - what I meant by front side of the back is front leg side when pitching, or left hand side of the back since he is a RHP.

My son had the same problem. We fixed by working on his flexibilty. A good stretching session after warming up on the treadmill 3 or 4 days a week.

I sort of suspect my son has the same problem, but I am taking the above advice before proceeding. My son has an appointment with a sports othopedic doctor on 10/8. Definately looking to get an MRI. I have heard of 2 local boys who had the same problem Bee listed in his link of a past post.

I actually went to see a Doctor yesterday about the pain Ive been feeling in my lower back the last 3 weeks.I had tried to play through it,but it became to severe.

The result was inflammation of my lower back muscles. They gave me some stretches, and some pain killers,and I should be back on the field next week.

There are a lot of good stetching exercises your son can do, and this may sound a bit out of left field, find a good yoga class and have him take the class a few times. There is a good book called "Real men do yoga" with a lot of pro atheltes talking about the benefits of the yoga program they are do. Alan Jager and Joel Zumala claim that doing yoga added 5 mph to Z's fazt ball. Youga involves a lot of stretching and will help his flexibilty and suprisingly also has a lot of "strength" work. For examples, everyone talks about planks to sterngthen your core, that's a yoga exercise. Once he improves his flexibilty, get him into a pilates class, and make sure he does the thrower's 10 exercises. If you google throwers ten, you find information on those exercises.

Went to orthopedic doctor today and X-ray was negative. He had us a schedule a MRI to rule out "repetitive motion spondylolysis." Doc said he had 2 other baseball pitchers that he saw this summer with spondylolysis, and wanted definatively rule it out. Hopefully that is the case. Again, thank you all for your advise.

Im still having back pain. I finally got an orthopedic appointment for Monday,so I hope this is the beginning of the end of the pain.

birdman I hope he doesnt rush back.The season is far,take your time to make sure you heal properly.good luck