Shoulder Injury In Sports

Introduction: There are a number of injuries that occur during an athletic season. No matter what sport you participate in, injuries happen, and there is no way to prevent this from happening. What we can do is prevent the likely hood of these injuries from occurring through mobility and strengthening programs during the season. For example, an athlete who stretches on a daily basis and works out certain parts of their body in season are far less likely to receive an injury than an athlete who does none of these things. The installation of in season strength and mobility programs will reduce the risk of injury among athletes. (2) For this specific study athletes were provided with a shoulder mobility and strengthening program. There were twenty athletes that participated in the study, ten had a shoulder injury before, and ten have not had a shoulder injury. They went through stretches and exercises to help strengthen the shoulder and reduce shoulder injury. The shoulder is one of the easier areas of the body to injure with its range of motion being so great. The demand for the use of your shoulder in sports like baseball and football are high because of the continuous use of the throwing motion. (8) According to Ellenbecker in, Exercises to Address Muscular Imbalances and Reduce Injury Risk, the repetitive use of the …show more content…
A goniometer was used to test abduction, adduction, internal and external rotation. The first area examined was their shoulder abduction and adduction. The participants put both hands by their sides, then slowly raised both arms laterally at the same time and held them at their sides. They continued that motion until their hands are above their heads. Once their hands are above their heads, they lowered their arms laterally until they are back at their sides again. They repeated this five times and held their arms laterally for twenty