Recognition & Treatment of Shoulder and Elbow Injuries impacting Baseball Pitchers

Course Description

This course will include an overview for the causes of shoulder and elbow injuries among baseball pitchers.  Through a lecture based format and through the use of video, this course will also provide information on specific injuries including detail of the mechanism, the pathology and recommended course of action.  It is common for therapists to treat baseball pitchers especially in outpatient clinics.  Knowledge of common injuries and their causes is important to understand appropriate assessment and treatment strategies.

Prerequisites – None

Educational Level – Basic

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Understand & identify common injuries to the shoulder and elbow of baseball pitchers.
• Understand what is unique about throwing related injuries
• Have a general understanding of management & treatment of shoulder and elbow injuries in baseball pitchers

Presenter – Andrew Arther, PhD(c), DPT, OCS, STC, CSCS

Andrew graduated with a DPT in 2005 from the University of Iowa.  Andrew Arthur has over 10 years of clinical experience with specialties in sports and orthopaedics.  He has a particular passion for the assessment, treatment and training of baseball pitchers.  He is currently a PhDc working on his dissertation, which is a three part study specific to baseball pitchers with an overall goal of decreasing injury incidence.  He has worked with baseball pitchers in multiple areas including physical therapy, strength and conditioning, injury prevention and throwing biomechanics.

Other

• Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to 5 polling questions throughout the webinar.
• For AOTA classification codes please go to www.aota.org and go to “Education & Careers” and select “Continuing Education.”  Next go to “Courses from Approved Providers of CEUs” and select “Allied Health Education” from the list of approved providers.