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Frank's Pitching Theory Part II- Interesting Article I found that Supports Changes to Growth plates
I included the link under hot links but I'm not sure it worked right.
I found an interesting article today. It's on Science Daily. Title is: How Pitching Changes Little Leaguers' Shoulders. They did a study on WHAT I was talking about.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071004084045.htm
Please note this paragraph. "One surprise finding in the study was that X-rays showed changes in the growth plate in the throwing shoulder in almost all of the kids. In the past it had been thought that these types of changes only occurred when there was a problem and resulted in pain with throwing."
Now I understand that this should have been only a hot link topic but since a lot of the "conflict" here on armchairgm resulted from this one article I wrote I feel like this is necessary to post.
I also understand that the article continues to talk about how YOU should stop pitching and that these changes in the growth plates can cause injuries. That's the debatable part. A lot of things are done to protect people. In no way would I EVER want to cause harm or danger to a kid. The theory I proposed (or hypothesis as LA called it) is just that. All I was trying to say is that major changes to the growth plates could actually alter the joint so one day it CAN handle the pressures the major leaguers place on that particular joint. However, I also believe that if you alter the growth plates and the joint "somewhat" it will do more harm than good. It would have to be an all or none type of thing. I would never ever want a kid to go through what it would take to find this out. I'm not interested in harming kids. It was just a theory or a "hypothesis".
My other point is that a normal joint (like the body was intended to have) is not meant to handle the pressures placed on them by pitchers today.
I am not here to cause problems guys. I was asked to write something intelligently and that I was interested in. I did that. And look at what it created. I've been called a liar, a fake, challenged on my profession and degree, challenged on everything I have said and wrote. I want to talk about sports. That's all. I'm not here to "wreck" armchairgm or destroy it like others have claimed.
Enjoy the read. Like I said, I do know that this is hot link material but I feel in this circumstance that I needed to make this a locker room article.
As far as the capsule thing.... the capsule is a fibrous tissue that goes around the joint to protect it. For example, the shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The humerus (arm) at the end is the ball, the socket- shallow curve (glenoid) of the scapula. Think of making a fist with your left hand and a "C" with your right. The capsule goes around the entire joint so the ball can't slip out. The labrum is the end part of the capsule (more fibrous like) which is meant to really prevent that ball of the humerus from dislocating from the scapula. Labral tears need to be fixed so further dislocations don't keep occuring. I think what you are trying to get at is that the growth plates (the end of the humerus) and the end of the scapula might displace AWAY from the capsule? Not really worded right but yes could diffinately happen. That's why it's very important if a young kid DISLOCATES a joint to make sure it's set properly and why they check alignment usually thru x-ray after (besides worrying about arterial and venous problems)
