By Christine Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD

Active people don’t want to think about injury, but anyone who participates in sports knows that muscle pulls, sprains, broken bones, stress fractures or orthopedic surgery may sideline you for a while. What you eat after injury can help you recover from surgery, heal wounds, and strengthen bones and muscles to get you back on your feet and back to an active lifestyle. read more

When injury strikes and you have to limit your physical activity, make sure to cut down on portion sizes to compensate for decreased calorie burning. No need for the post-workout protein shakes or energy bars to fuel your workout; instead, eat nutrient-rich foods 3 to 4 times a day to provide the needed vitamins and minerals without extra calories from pre- or post-workout snacks.

http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=6442478898

In 2004, the Angels founded the “Angels Baseball Foundation”. Since then, they have been involved and partnered with a variety of local community and outreach programs to better serve the community.

Their mission focuses on initiatives aimed to create and improve Education, Health Care, Arts & Sciences, and Community related youth programs throughout the region, in addition to providing children the opportunity to experience the great game of baseball and its countless positive attributes.

Through support and donation, the Angels Baseball Foundation has been able to provide grants ranging from musical programs to at risk youth shelters and academic scholarships. All providing opportunities for the youth to learn, discover and foster their hopes and dreams.   

Discover what you can do to Give Back.

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/community/baseball_foundation.jsp

Baseball is a sport of history, passion and consistency. It has been America’s sport since the early 1900s and continues to be extremely popular from the Little League up through the major leagues. The traditions and schools of teaching of this sport are passed down from generation to generation.

The common phrases “this is how my coach taught me” or “this is the way it has always been done” continues to dominate the sport because of its rich traditions.

The problem with these thought processes is the failure to recognize the increase in injuries and coaches going out of their way to adjust to new tactics to prevent them.

Currently in youth baseball, 50% of athletes will develop a form of shoulder or elbow pain in a single season. The number of injuries continues to increase each and every year with more young athletes having to stop playing. A shift in traditional thought needs to take place. Injury prevention requires more than just your typical rotator cuff strength training. The four rotator cuff muscles, although important only make up 16% of the throwing motion. There is so much more

strength training of the scapular region, abdominal core and balance that is required for improved performance and injury prevention. The idea of no pain no game should be eliminated. Playing through pain especially in the arm region usually means an injury is already six weeks in the making.

My name is Jonathan, I am the baseball specialist at Rausch PT. I have created a specific dynamic warm up to be used on the field pre and post games and an online exercise program that can be accessed at anytime. Check it out here:

www.homeprograms.net
login: baseball@rnll.com clinic id: 1006

If you have a injury or experience pain get into see me immediately. I can evaluate, treat and give you a specific plan of exercises. Preventing the injuries now will lead to a successful spring season. Play ball… the Right Way!

If the Fire Dept asks, we did NOT have 150+ people in the office for the Lesley Paterson/OC Tri Club event this month. Ok fine, we did. And what an awesome event it was! Lesley brought along her Hugh Grant looking, husband/Sport Psychologist Professor along with her. The energy of these two was just contagious! They shared such great information about how to deal with the mind game of training and racing. I was so struck by the fact, that its not just me that think about junk food and sleeping in. And that even pro’s have to deal with mental distractions, hard times, and more… The duo put on a great show and told our audience how to get over the metal hurdles of sport and how to bring out their inner “Paddy Murphy”.

Moving on..

my boy started Tee Ball this month. It is so fun (so far). This newsletter is all about youth baseball and features our own youth baseball expert Jonathan Meltzer, DPT. Jonathan has been with our office for 2 years and was hired specifically to take on all of the injuries that come with baseball. Jonathan’s expertise in the office has been a great addition to our environment of healing, and I am personally really excited to see how many kids he is helping on the baseball field.

Remember if anyone is injured and needs immediate attention, we offer #FastPassPT, which allows injured folks to come directly into PT and start healing right away. No waiting, no two weeks rest, just getting better FASTER. Just like the Big Leagues get immediate treatment and get back on the field quicker… Thanks to #FastPassPT we are able to make this happen for YOU!

On a final note, you may see a Rausch PT vehicle on the road near you. I can’t tell you much about it yet, but be prepared to have your mind blown… First person to take a picture of it on the road and post it to our FaceBook page wins a Rausch PT sweatshirt.

 

 

 

 

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