My son has recently completed his throwing program. Little back ground. He was shut down in January due to pain in the UCL area. after MRI came back negative on a tear had a problem around growth plate. He was release to throw a bullpen Wed. Session went great no pain. The last two days hes had soreness in upper forearm near elbow. My question is. Is that normal?
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No, did he ease into throwing? You have to work your way up again. First bull pen should be on flat ground so it's less stressful. He needs to shut down a week IMO
Agree with LAball, that is strange place for soreness, if I am picturing accurately the location. Couple of questions: how old, size, and how hard does he throw? If the area is strictly in a muscular area, maybe he is sore, however you state he was not shutdown, but instead was in a rehab throwing program, so muscle atrophy is likely not it. How many pitches was bullpen, was it max effort, any off speed pitches, and was it on a mound?
What does the PT or Athletic Trainer say?
Son is 15yrs old 5'11' 160lb throws low to mid 80's. We were shut down from first part of January to mid march The bull pen was on a mound 20fb and 10cu we did a couple of flat ground workouts the week before. but mostly long toss.He probably was throwing 80-90% I have a call into Dr Lintner but he has currently been with theAstros. The school trainer says looks to be more soreness. Talking to him today he says the tenderness is gone. So just resting it the remainder of the week. and up the running
NO breaking balls just Change ups
When u restart, do bullpen on flat ground first. Mound makes a big difference.
Pain in the forearm is typically tendinitis, usually when they start to throw. Rest is only way to get rid of it. As others said start back slow flat ground 80-90% is way to intense and don't be throwing bull pens at least for a week to 10 days.
He will likely be fine, but if it is recurring he will need to stop throwing for a week or two to make sure all of the inflammation is gone as he can end up chasing it all season. NSAID's help.
Hello,
I had a similar problem in my first college appearance this season. I had crazy forearm soreness but decided to stay in (freshman pitching opening day had crazy adrenaline going) the first two innings were manageable and I thought the pain subsided. In the third inning I threw one pitch and instantly new I tore my UCL. My trainers did not seem the least bit concerned and had me down for soreness. I indeed eventually convinced them to let me get an MRI and of course had a complete tear. My point is to not pitch through it and to 100% get the MRI, nobody knows your sons arm better then himself- Dan.
