Posted on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

1. I haven’t done a “Random Friday Thoughts” blog in a while, so in the spirit of randomness, I thought I’d throw you a curveball and kick off the week with some Tuesday random thoughts.
2. Last week, I booked two plane tickets to Halifax, Nova Scotia for my fiancee and I.  She’s a bridesmaid in [...]

Tags: Assess and Correct, Elbow Pain, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Men's Health, Mike Reinold, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Pitching Workout Programs, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Tennis Elbow, Throw Baseball Faster
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Today, I’m going to wrap up this six-part series entirely devoted to the elbow.  In case you missed the first five, check them out:
Part 1: Functional Anatomy
Part 2: Pathology
Part 3: Throwing Injuries
Part 4: Protecting Pitchers
Part 5: The Truth About Tennis Elbow
In this final installment, I’m going to discuss elbow issues as they pertain to a [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, Golfers Elbow, High Performance Training, Pitching Injuries, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Tennis Elbow, Tommy John Surgery, Ulnar nerve
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

Author’s note: This is the fifth part of a series specifically devoted to the elbow.  Be sure to check out Part 1 (Functional Anatomy), Part 2 (Pathology), Part 3 (Throwing Injuries), and Part 4 (Protecting Pitchers) if you haven’t done so already.
Today, I’m going to cover a pretty common, yet remarkably stubborn issue we see [...]

Tags: ACL, Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, Golfers Elbow, High Performance Training, Mike Reinold, Tennis Elbow
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Posted on Sunday, 16th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

In case you missed them, check out Part 1 (Functional Anatomy) and Part 2 (Pathology) of this series from last week.  With that housekeeping out of the way, let’s move forward to today’s focus: elbow injuries in throwing athletes.  I work with a ton of baseball players and I know we have a lot of [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, Golfers Elbow, Growth Plate, High Performance Training, Pitching Injuries, Pitching Workout Programs, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Tennis Elbow, Tommy John Surgery
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Posted on Wednesday, 12th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

In case you missed Part 1 of this series (Functional Anatomy), you can check it out HERE.
Elbow issues can be really tricky at times from a diagnostic standpoint. Someone with medial elbow pain could have pronator and/or flexor (a.k.a. Golfer’s Elbow) soft tissue issues, ulnar nerve irritation or hypermobility, ulnar collateral ligament issues, or a [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, Golfers Elbow, High Performance Training, Pitching Injuries, Tennis Elbow, The Stick, Tommy John Surgery, Ulnar Collateral Ligament, Ulnar nerve
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Posted on Sunday, 9th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

Today’s piece kicks off a multi-part series focusing specifically on the elbow.  I’m going to start off this collection by talking about the anatomy of the elbow joint, but in appreciation of the fact that a lot of you are probably not as geeky as I am, I’ll give you the Cliff’s Notes version first:
The [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, Golfers Elbow, High Performance Training, Tennis Elbow, The Athletes Elbow, Tommy John Surgery, Ulnar Collateral Ligament, Ulnar nerve
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Posted on Tuesday, 4th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

I have written a bit in this blog about elbow pain - both in throwers and lifters - but will be devoting some very specific, detailed articles to it in the near future.  In the meantime, however, here is an interesting population-specific fact.  Many baseball players wind up with elbow issues secondary to shoulder range [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Elbow Pain, High Performance Training, Tennis Elbow
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Posted on Monday, 27th July 2009 by Eric Cressey

Here’s this week’s list of resources to check out:
Risk-Reward in Training Athletes - This old newsletter of mine highlights indivividual physical and situational differences among athletes, and spotlights the work of one Cressey Performance athlete who made tremendous progress with these individual factors playing a key role in how that training was approached.  If you [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Cressey Performance, Mike Boyle, Mike Reinold, Mike Robertson, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Tennis Elbow, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Training Baseball
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