How does a pitcher care for their arm after pitching?

JMO, but I think you might be asking the wrong question. I think you need to figure out why your 13 year old son's shoulder is sore in the first place. Allowing my son to injure his elbow at 13U doesn't make me an expert, but it has made me give the topic a lot of thought over the years. One possibility, your son's muscles are not strong enough, or developed enough to relief the stress on his ligaments and tendons. I think the "Thrower's 10" exercises are an excellent way to help develop those muscles. Unfortunately, most kids only do them after they have a problem.

The simple solution at his age is to stop pitching if it causes soreness. If he can throw 30 pitches a couple of times a week without soreness, fine. If not, shut it down for now and try again in 6 months when he's stronger. Again, JMO.

http://www.muhlenberg.edu/pdf/...ining/throwers10.pdf

Good post.

Here is the problem, questions keep being asked but some just cant accept the answers.

If you dont want advice, why ask?

Once again, the guidelines are only guidelines, common sense should always prevail because every body, every pitcher is different!!

TPM, my son's arm hurt this one time back in May.  I asked the question, I got the answers and I adjusted what the coach did with him from then on.

Am I going to shut down a 14u player because some people think no kid should pitch until 10th grade, no, and MOST people don't.  I did come on here and ask the question to figure out what could have happened after the FIRST AND ONLY time his arm hurt, I followed the advice and it hasn't happened again.

In short, I am asking, people are answering, and I am actually following advice.  I can't help that someone resurrected the thread from a few months ago, but I am not sticking my head in the sand, my son's arm hurt one time, he has never been to the doctor with a sports injury, never had a mention of a growth plate issue, and I wish you would stop posting jabs at me like I am ignoring common sense when it comes to my son's arm.

I am not posting jabs at you,  what I am saying is that people come here for advice or discuss something, and get mad when it is not something they want to hear or that advice doesn't make sense to them. Its interesting to note that people only read into what they think is mentioned, as in example,  all I said that if I had it to do over, son would not begin to seriously pitch until he was 14. I never said anyone else had to do that or did I say people had to stop playing year round ball, that is entirely up to you or anyone else.

TPM what was your sons protocol? 

I just saw this.

Ice is a preference, not mandatory. But specific excercises following pitching was.  The next day begins the recovery, and for each pitcher it varies, no running.  Ping pong and pizza and beer doesnt cut it for most serious athletes.

tpm, my son is a serious athlete. What I wrote was a joke! Get over yourself. By the way , he has never had any arm issues.

If it were a joke I am glad my comment got you serious. 

My son never had an issue either. It catches up after awhile. I dont find injuries something to joke about. If you want to reach the highest level of baseball, it gets pretty serious past the lower levels.

JMO

Well ma'am, I've always been serious about injuries. Nothing you've said had anything to do with that .

TPM, congrats to your son on his coaching job.

Thank you. Best of luck to your son.

Tell him to drop the beer and pizza.

Its not good for pitchers!

So, no pitchers for pitchers?

Leftside, too funny. Yeah, I'm gonna tell my grown son not to drink beer and eat pizza. Guess he could go on the Red Sox regiment, chicken and beer. lol