The Connection Ball: A Case Study
I’d like you to meet Ryan Kopenski.
He gave me permission to tell his story.
Ryan is a sophomore left handed pitcher at Central Florida Community College. His most recent season didn’t go as well as he would have liked. He spent the entire spring season hovering at 80-81 mph and fighting constant pain in his medial elbow that he rated at a level of 5 out of 10.
When he came to The ARMory for his initial evaluation on June 18th, 2014 his elbow was still hurting every time he threw.
His...
Back to School Sale on ARMory Training Credits
Hi everyone,
Great News!!!!
We're having a back to school sale!
Starting on Tuesday 8/5/2014 at 12:01 am we will be having a flash sale on ARMory training credits.
For 4 days, until 11:59 pm on Friday Aug 8th ARMory training credits will be on sale for 20% off.
You can sign up like you always do, using our on-line training manager and your username and password. The prices you see when you log on will already be discounted, so all you have to do is just load em up!!!
The credits don't...
Is It Possible To Be Injury Proof?
Five years ago my candy apple red Ford Ranger pick up truck with over 200,000 miles was totaled when I was rear ended by a 21 year-old in a Mitsubishi Box truck chocked full of cargo. I wasn’t hurt, but my truck was rammed into the back of a jacked up Ford F150, and it crumbled up like an accordian.
When the dust settled, I immediately called my friends at Brandon Ford for a replacement.
They love me at Brandon Ford.
Over the past 20 years I have purchased 9 Ford Trucks from them, and...
Weight Loss and Pitchers?
Last week I was working with a patient--I'll call her Kimberly.
She was a 54 year old, woman recovering from a total knee replacement. I have worked with her 8 times over the past 3 weeks. She owns a successful real estate agency that employs over 20 people, and every time I saw her she was well dressed and made up, even though she was only 3 weeks past her surgery and hadn't returned to work yet. She projected a sharp, professional image, but she was moderately overweight.--not obese by any...
The Hooter’s Defense
Yesterday I watched the news for the first time in a very long while. I used to be a bit of a news junkie, but now, frankly, it bores me.
The idea of listening to a bunch of Washington elitists bloviate about problems with no apparent solutions is irrepressibly mind numbing. I tell my wife and kids all the time, "If we have a problem without a solution, then we don't have a problem." So I got back on the news yesterday. Apparently, we have ourselves a pretty big problem with these...
Chicks Dig Fastballs. It’s All About The TA!
Last month, The ARMory hosted a live webinar called Arm Care Summit: Decel is Ground Zero.
Some of the nation's leading pitching instructors gathered on the web to discuss the importance of safe and efficient deceleration for arm health and performance.
Everyone on the panel agreed that proper deceleration is a vital part of the pitching delivery.
But there are some out there who scoff at the idea and maintain that proper deceleration is "natural" and need not be taught. These...
What If OJ Didn’t Do It?
Avoiding Observational Bias
During the first three quarters of 1995, our nation was riveted, and unfortunately divided, by murder the trial of football legend OJ Simpson.
I was working as a home care Physical Therapist.
I spent my days and often worked deep into the night visiting patients in their homes, helping them recover from injury or illness.
During the trial, everyone had their TV on and it was always tuned to one thing... the trial of the century.
I did my job with one...
Everything You Need To Know About Medial Elbow Pain
This week I have received 4 calls from moderately distressed parents of high school and college pitchers out on the summer ball/ travel ball circus.
Their sons are complaining of medial elbow pain.
Whenever I get these calls, the first thing I do is try to calm their fears.
I assure them that they have a great team of experts in their corner, and that whether the problem is just some minor inflammation or a major issue, the staff of The ARMory and Sullivan Rehab Services is well...
The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did
When I was in the 6th grade, I lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon. My Dad was in the Air Force, and the government stationed us at a tiny base I'm sure no longer exists. As a military family, we moved a lot. That meant that I was always the new kid in school. Falcon Heights Elementary School was my 6th school in 6 years. You might think it would be tough on a kid to move that much, but I never really had any trouble fitting in or making new friends.
I was pretty good at football, basketball, and...
The Top 10 Reasons (You Might Not Have Considered) For All These Elbow Injuries
The following message is intended to be rich with tongue and cheek satire, but I promise you I will take some flack for it. Mark my words, some shallow minded half wit will cherry pick excerpts and quote me as if were serious. Anyone who knows me understands that while I am deeply compassionate and caring, I am rarely serious.
So here goes.
With debate on the rash of UCL injuries raging, and "experts" crawling out of every nook and cranny with what they claim to be undeniable...
