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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Arm Injuries in Youth Baseball 20% 30% 40% What's the problem? 5% of youth pitchers suffera serious elbow or shoulder injury within 10 years Such injuries require: Surgery Early retirement frombaseball The Risk OVERUSE 75+ Pitches Risk of Injury: 2.5X GREATER Pitching With Tired Arm Risk of Injury: GREATER 6X In A Season 3.5X Risk of Injury: 600+ Pitches GREATER 10% In A Game 50% 60% 40% Elbow/Shoulder Injury Rates Youth- High School Of High School Pitchers Have Shoulder Pain Have Elbow Pain 26% Of Youth Pitchers 19% Of Little League Pitchers Ages 8-13 Have Elbow Or Shoulder Pain The Cure? Tommy John Surgery 9 Tommy John Surgeries On Youth Pitchers From 1995-1998 224 Operations From 2003-2008 65 Operations From 1999-2002 Number Of Operations Continues To Skyrocket Today ( ) Ulnar Ligament Collateral Reconstruction Bordow, Scott. "Baseball's New Epidemic: Injured Pitching Arms." AZ Central. AZ Central, 23 May 2014. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. <http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/05/24/baseballs-new-epidemic-injured-pitching-arms/9529615/>. Parks, Eric D. "Prevention of Overuse Injuries in Young Baseball Pitchers." Sports Health. National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nov. 2009. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445152/>. Straus, Lindsay Barton. "Preventing Pitching Injuries in Youth Baseball." Moms Team. Moms Team, Web. 3 Feb. 2015. <http://www.momsteam.com/sports/baseball/safety/preventing-pitching-injuries-in-youth-baseball>.
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