Return to baseball following an anterior shoulder dislocation in a high school baseball pitcher: A level 3 case report
A 17-year-old right-handed high school pitcher sustained a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation. The patient`s imaging revealed a small Hill-Sachs lesion; however, the clinical team`s decision was to manage it nonoperatively. In this case, the patient underwent 7 weeks of rehabilitation, which included general upper extremity strengthening exercises, a modified interval throwing program, and a pitching progression adapted specifically for the patient. After rehabilitation, the patient returned to live pitching with improvements in his pitching statistics. The uniqueness of this case is that it is a less common intervention approach posttreatment.
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences junior sports sport games |
| Published in: | International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.2023-0092 |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Pages: | 316-322 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |