Sore Arms

[real green]

We have had so many arm issues in our Little League this year. It just has to make you wonder.

1. Are we over sensitive to the issue?
2. Do we really need to run to the ortho as soon as someone complains?
3. Will the ortho ever say, "Your arm is fine go out and play?"
4. For the most part these are the athletic kids that play year around multiple sports - not video game addicts
5. I wonder how much we really no about the growth plate and arm issues for youth?

[Roothog66]

We have had so many arm issues in our Little League this year. It just has to make you wonder.

1. Are we over sensitive to the issue?
2. Do we really need to run to the ortho as soon as someone complains?
3. Will the ortho ever say, "Your arm is fine go out and play?"
4. For the most part these are the athletic kids that play year around multiple sports - not video game addicts
5. I wonder how much we really no about the growth plate and arm issues for youth?

Your asking some dangerous questions, RG. Get ready to roll.

[dominik]

Is this another "today's kids are soft and spoiled" thread?

I know you old guys were much tougher throwing around with primed grenades instead of baseballs all day long.

[real green]

Right now we have 6 kids I know of out for 3-6wks with growth plate issues. That's 5% of our Major's players. Half of our teams have a kid in a sling and one team has two. That sure seems out of wack.

[real green]

Is this another "today's kids are soft and spoiled" thread?

I know you old guys were much tougher throwing around with primed grenades instead of baseballs all day long.

I don't know what it means.

[dominik]

I don't know what it means.

Sorry then I didn't understand your post. I thought this was going to be one of those "pitch counts are for whimps suck it up and pitch" kind of thread. But I'm no native english speaker so you need to help me out a little on this one.

[Jake Patterson]

Here are some thoughts....

We have had so many arm issues in our Little League this year. It just has to make you wonder.

1. Are we over sensitive to the issue?

No...

2. Do we really need to run to the ortho as soon as someone complains?

No

3. Will the ortho ever say, "Your arm is fine go out and play?"

No

4. For the most part these are the athletic kids that play year around multiple sports - not video game addicts

Then you have a real big issue... A coach knowing how to teach throwing should not have problems.

5. I wonder how much we really no about the growth plate and arm issues for youth?

We know a greatd deal. If you ever have the opportunity to go to a presentation featuring a youth orthopedic specialist then I would HIGHLY recommend it... One of the last ones I attended, given by Dr. Michael Joyce, had arthoscopic clips of damaged young arms. He knew exactly what was wrong and what stress caused it.

[songtitle]

He knew exactly what was wrong and what stress caused it.

What stress caused it?

[skipper5]

Right now we have 6 kids I know of out for 3-6wks with growth plate issues. ... Half of our teams have a kid in a sling

I'm surprised that it only takes 3-6 weeks to recover from arm injuries severe enough to require a sling.

Possibly the slings are over-doing it?

[AdamInNY]

All different coaches? All same injury? All going to the same doctor?

This year has been a disaster for my minors team. I have 2 players in slings, but one broke his arm in school. And the other had a cyst in his shoulder. Worst thing I've ever seen. We were doing our warm ups. Cement throws from 10' apart and this kid dropped to the ground like a sniper took him out. Kid next to him from several feet away said he heard a pop/snap.

[Bulldog19]

I'm surprised that it only takes 3-6 weeks to recover from arm injuries severe enough to require a sling.

Possibly the slings are over-doing it?

Not necessarily. Sometimes we'll utilize a sling or crutches, etc not because of the severity of the injury but to reinforce using the time to REST properly.

[PhilliesPhan22]

Maybe they aren't getting proper instruction.

[Jake Patterson]

What stress caused it?

I am uncertain what your question is... He had several arthoscopic clips, he reviewed the damaged and described the stress that caused the damage.

[tg643]

We have had so many arm issues in our Little League this year. It just has to make you wonder.

1. Are we over sensitive to the issue?
2. Do we really need to run to the ortho as soon as someone complains?
3. Will the ortho ever say, "Your arm is fine go out and play?"
4. For the most part these are the athletic kids that play year around multiple sports - not video game addicts
5. I wonder how much we really no about the growth plate and arm issues for youth?

1) Knowledgeable is preferable
2) As soon as the pain doesn't go away with rest
3) Ortho will tell kiddie ballers to take Tylenol and rest arm for a couple of weeks.
4) They probably still throw too little and pitch too much
5) I'll leave this to the specialists. I have seen kiddie ballers pitch too much and sit out seasons by age twelve.

Because my son played about 120 preteen organized games per year between baseball, basketball, football and soccer he had physicals with an ortho specialist twice a year. The specialist said he's ok due to spreading out exercise among several sports. When he had separation shoulder surgery at seventeen the specialist said while the injury was the result of a fall and contact there was a lot of wear and tear in the shoulder. My son has always been a very physical athlete. When my son was preteen the doctor probably didn't figure how physical he would be.

[tradosaurus]

We have had so many arm issues in our Little League this year. It just has to make you wonder.

1. Are we over sensitive to the issue?
2. Do we really need to run to the ortho as soon as someone complains?
3. Will the ortho ever say, "Your arm is fine go out and play?"
4. For the most part these are the athletic kids that play year around multiple sports - not video game addicts
5. I wonder how much we really no about the growth plate and arm issues for youth?

This is my thoughts on the issue.

I believe the foods we eat can help repair damage that occurs when pitching or hinder the repair process.

I grew up in the 70's as a kid and I don't recall any kid that had to drop out of baseball because of growth plate issues or sore arms.

Of course going out to eat was a rarity and mom stayed home and cooked food with minimal preservaties during those days.

Seeing an overweight kid much less an obese kid was such a rarity.

That and video games was something you had to go to the bowling alley and play standing up. :cap:

Quite a few kids I'm seeing in these video's are overweight.