Objectives

ASMI Annual Injuries in Baseball Course

Course Objectives

Needs
The 2010 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System reported
162,925 emergency room visits due to baseball related shoulder,
elbow, trunk, lower arm, head, neck, ankle and facial injuries. When we
consider non-emergency room injuries from all age groups and skill
levels, we conclude there is a major need to teach diagnosis, treatment
and management of these injuries.

Course Description
This three-day course is for athletic trainers, biomechanists, physical therapists, sports physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, physiologists, strength and conditioning coaches, certified personal trainers and others who work with athletes in baseball.

Course Objectives:

Integrate shoulder anatomy with biomechanics, examination, treatment and rehabilitation of the unstable shoulder

Analyze current advances in treatment and rehabilitation to injuries of the throwing shoulder

Review current concepts in the treatment of injuries to the throwing shoulder

Recognize and report current trends associated with training procedures in           baseball

Examine current concepts relating to the anatomy, biomechanics, examination and treatment of the elbow

Review the treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to the elbow

Discuss the importance of rehabilitation and conditioning techniques for today’s athlete

Review new and progressively encountered medical issues in baseball

Identify recent techniques for injury prevention in baseball

Apply current advances in treatment and rehabilitation to injuries of the knee

Recognize the importance of proper training techniques in baseball

Examine current concepts in prevention and treatment to injuries in youth baseball

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