Introduction
NPA + RDRBI + Tom House generate questions about heatlth and safety of pitchers shoulder problems
12% of MLB injuries were to pitchers shoulders
Orgin Of The Program
Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Defecit GIRD
Measurement used to project increased opportunity for injury
Simply put: the stress of throwing causes changes in the shoulder.
The shoulder will stretch and become looser to allow more external rotation. Simultaneously, the soft tissues in the back of the shoulder will tighten causing a loss of internal rotation. This loss of internal rotation predisposes pitchers to shoulder injuries (labral/rotator cuff tears).
Objectives
Analyze the effects of prehabilitation/rehabilation training
Simply put: can we fix shoulders?
The Study
2010-11 - 18 weeks - 10 professional pitchers
6 weeks of aerobic, anaerobic conditioning, cross specific training, throwing using various implements for joint integrity
12 weeks of Personally Adaptive Threshold Training PAJTT
Created by Tom House
an adaptive workout to:
1. reduce posterior capsule tightness
2. remediate GIRD issues
3. increase velocity
Findings
Improved shoulder health across the spectrum
Increased velocity across all participants
Validated by the USC Schoo of Medicine
Simply put: in the world of baseball ' a historic success'
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NPA VELOCITY PROGRAM BENEFITS
a program that creates and maintains shoulder health
by product of increased shoulder health is velocity increase
promotes arm speed
breaks through physical and mental thresholds
creates 'balance' in accelerators and decelerators
players progress in self adaptive manner
NPA VELOCITY PROGRAM SPECIFICS
only NPA offers this program
only NPA staff can interpret the data and establish a personal program for a pitcher
we are seeing great gains - every participant has achived at velocity gain of at least 4 MPH
year-round program
program can begin anytime
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