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Injury question

D DadOfPlayer (Guest)
My son (14) has not been throwing well. I confronted him about being hurt, and finally confessed that his shoulder has been bothering him for about three weeks. I took him to a doctor who examed him to include X-Rays and an MRI. All came back normal. The doc feels that he is just tired from the spring/summer schedule, and needs to take it easy. He cleared him to play, but I have made the decision to shut him down from pitching this fall. My theory being I don't want him to risk his spring HS season on 7 fall league games.

He says his shoulder feels fine, and wants to at least play infield and bat. Am I being too cautious/protective?

Opinions? Thank you.
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TPMTPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003
This is a tough question, if it were mine, he most likely would not see any action at all.

Going into junior year mine had a sore arm, turning out to be tendinitous which by the time we went through meds, mri and short therapy he was fine. But the doctor shut him down from everything and by november he began a throwing program (developed by Health South), to ease him back into his junior season by january. He also continued therapy.

Good habits begin early, if your son has already began having shoulder issues so young, he needs to understand why and that the arm needs time to recover. JMO.
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gratefulgrateful1,000+ posts
DadofPlayer...........

You are not being too cautious. At his age there is no reason to take any chances or to have him throw any more than necessary. Stay in contact with his docs/trainers and follow their recommendations.

Kids at that age do not need to play throughout the year, and pitchers certainly need to take at least 2-3 months away from throwing each year, whether they have had arm pain or not.
08Dad08Dad1,000+ posts
I would also vote for shutting him down and letting him ease back into throwing in November/December. There are a number of good throwing programs out there - I think the key is to pick one and carefully to follow it all the way through.

When my son had elbow problems a couple of years ago, we went step by step through a program under guidance of a PT. Worked great until the long toss program got further than Dad can throw anymore Smile Then I went to the bucket routine - bucket of balls - you throw them to me- I'll catch and put in another bucket. That much I could handle Smile
AR ASU RAM FAN100+ posts
My son went through the same thing. As his shoulder became fatigued, he starting dropping to a 3/4 motion and that caused him to have a sore elbow. The doctor told him not to pick up a ball for 6 weeks then he started back with a PT to strengthen with bands and exercises, then throwing.

Now is the time to do this, not wait until spring and notice he needs rest.
W windmill100+ posts
let him hit as much as possible, throw as little as possible and pitch not at all..he's only 14 - the next couple months 'performance/development' has little impact on his HS future UNLESS HE HURTS AN ALREADY TENDER WING!!

Partial shutdown at a minimum - total shutdown wouldn't be the worst thing ...probably need a little tough love here. I don't usually disagree with TR on things like this, but I would definitely NOT leave it up to him - he hid the original problem from you. If he is like most kids , all he wants to do is play - that can be to his detriment if he has an injury. You are the adult - use your best judgement, with minimal input from him Big Grin
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08Dad08Dad1,000+ posts
I'd just shut it down completely...

I view this as simply risk reward - little is to be gained by playing a few fall ball games - and much is being risked.

He can turn his attention to a conditioning program, hitting lessons, fielding grounders (just flipping the balls into a bucket out of the way rather than throwing them in), hitting in a cage... lots that can be done to raise his game without needing to throw a ball.

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