Resource Sheet
2010 WBCA Clinic Madison, Wisconsin
February 12, 2010
Preventing Injury and Enhancing Baseball
Performance
USA
Baseball Medical & Safety Advisory Committee Guidelines: May 2006
●Recommendations on pitching safety and injury
prevention based on research
http://www.asmi.org/asmiweb/usabaseball.htm
B.A.S.E.S. Athletic Skill Development Model.
●Excellent resource for Balance, Agility, Strength, Explosiveness, and Speed exercises.
http://www.basesathlete.com/exercise_instruction.cfm
U.S. Army Public Health Command
(Provisional) Injury Prevention
●Functional Movement Screen and the “Y” Excursion
balance test.
NSCA Performance Training Journal
●Free subscription performance journal with excellent
research based articles in practical terms.
http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/
●Baseball special issue
http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/Issues/0602.pdf
●Speed, Agility, and Quickness special issue
http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/Issues/PTJ0804.pdf
●Sports Nutrition special issue
http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/Issues/PTJ0806.pdf
Maximizing Rehab
Outcomes
IAAF (International
Association of Athletics Federations) Medical Manual
●Excellent
resource for detailed medical information related to sports.
http://www.iaaf.org/medical/manual/index.html
●Chapters specifically on soft tissue damage,
healing, and rehabilitation of sports injuries.
http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/42032.pdf
Tissue healing rates/maturation of
tissue
●Graph
of tissue healing and maturation time.
http://www.cartilagehealth.com/images/healing_times.jpg
Interval Throwing Programs
published data, Dr. Michael Axe (University of Delaware)
●Interval pitching programs at different levels of
play
http://www.udel.edu/PT/PT%20Clinical%20Services/journalclub/sojc/01_02/feb02/axe.pdf
●Softball
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164345/
B.J. Brenna, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, PES, TPI CGFI
Cumberland Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation
Services
Phone: (715) 822-6167
Email: bjbrenna@cmhecu.com
