Effects of a Systemic Approach for a High School Baseball Player with Internal Impingement Symptoms in the Throwing Shoulder

• Published in: Rigaku ryoho kagaku Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 741 - 749
• Main Authors: TAKAHASHI, Makoto, KUWAZURU, Manabu, IWAMOTO, Koji, MIYAUCHI, Yukio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Tokyo The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2020; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: High school baseball; internal impingement; Pain; Shoulder; systemic approach; throwing shoulder injury
• ISSN: 1341-1667; 2434-2807
• DOI: 10.1589/rika.35.741

[Purpose] This study investigated the effect of a systemic approach for a baseball player who had internal impingement symptoms in the throwing shoulder. [Participant and Methods] The case was a high school baseball player who had internal impingement findings of posterior labrum injury and greater tubercle lesion. To ameliorate pain during pitching, a shoulder joint pain management program and a functional improvement program for the upper extremity, trunk and lower extremity were conducted for 40 minutes once a week for 10 months. [Results] The player’s shoulder pain in pitching disappeared and it became possible for him to throw at 90% strength. [Conclusion] The results suggest that an approach for the upper extremity, trunk and lower extremity muscle group is useful for internal impingement symptoms.