Pitch Safe

The American Sports Medicine Institute has reported that the number of Tommy John surgeries in youth pitchers has more than doubled since 2000.

scientific community has identified numerous risk factors contributing to this rise.

According to Dr. James Andrews, one of the nations leading authority on Tommy John surgery, the number one risk factor is specialization, meaning it is common that youth baseball is being played year around.

The program is designed to examine the pitchers throwing arm, fitness level and address all the potential risk factors to reduce the chance of injury.

Being a formal pitcher and baseball coach Dr Salinas has first-hand knowledge of what an overhead throwing athlete needs.