Youth Sports Safety Update
Youth Sport Safety Update is our new Podcast series from the Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information related to youth sports safety through compelling interviews. There are many stories and topics to be shared that will benefit athletes, coaches, and parents as well as athletic trainers, physicians and healthcare providers. JSMP is dedicated to youth sports injury through awareness, advocacy, and prevention. Episodes are hosted by Bob Sefcik, Executive Director of JSMP, and produced by Jim Mackie, JSMP Program Development.
Youth Sports Safety Update
Dr. Jason Zaremski, Throwing Guidelines for Overhead Sports
Jason L. Zaremski, MD, CAQSM, FACSM, FAAPMR, FAMSSM
UF Health Sports Medicine Physician
Associate Professor of PM&R and Sports Medicine
Chief, Division of Sports Medicine
Associate Program Director, PM&R Residency
Director, UF Health Throwing Clinic
https://pmr.med.ufl.edu/patient-care/patients-we-treat/uf-health-throwing-and-pitching-medicine/
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
University of Florida Health
zaremjl@ufl.edu
Show Notes:
- No more than 7-8 months throwing per year, get 3-4 months rest
- Weighted ball throwing programs, not for the skeletally immature, seek supervision from trained professionals
- Legs & Hips are your base, strengthen too
- Try other sports before high school to develop additional skill sets
- Under 14 years of age, no throwing off mound two days in a row
- Volume & Velocity cause greater forc e, torque & work load
- Consider consolidating state, travel ball, tournament guidelines
- Strengthening programs, seek compliance not going through the motions
Reference article: Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 2024:34:1-9, Pitching Restriction Policies in Adolescent and High-School Baseball Pitchers: Is It Time for an Updated Paradigm? Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine
To contact the Youth Sports Safety Update Podcast
JAXSMP.com Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program or JSMP
3563 Philips Highway, Building E, Suite 502, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Email: Jim.mackie@bmcjax.com 904-477-9291
Email: Robert.Sefcik@bmcjax.com Executive Director JSMP & CEO / President FASMED 904-202-4332
Florida Alliance for Sports Medicine https://fasmed.fadss.org/