Are Weighted Balls Safe?

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Dr. Jason Zaremski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Florida. Dr. Zaremski received his medical degree from Tufts University and then stayed at Tufts to complete his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is fellowship trained in sports medicine through the Geisinger Health System program in Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a sports medicine physician at the University of Florida and is the Co-medical director for their high school outreach program. He is an elected member of the Board of Directors for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. He also has some unique awards he has earned relative to baseball. He received the Arthur Ashe award for leadership and sportsmanship in baseball for Division II and III athletes in 1997 and in 2010 was named a hall of fame catcher for the Emory University all –baseball team. Connect with The Host! Subscribe to This Podcast Now! The ultimate success for every podcaster – is FEEDBACK! Be sure to take just a few minutes to tell the hosts of this podcast what YOU think over at Apple Podcasts! It takes only a few minutes but helps the hosts of this program pave the way to future greatness! Not an Apple Podcasts user? No problem! Be sure to check out any of the other many growing podcast directories online to find this and many other podcasts via The Podcaster Matrix! Housekeeping -- Get the whole story about Dr. Mark and his launch into this program, by listing to his "101" episode that'll get you educated, caught up and in tune with the Doctor that's in the podcast house! Listen Now! -- Interested in being a Guest on The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast? Connect with Mark today! Links from this Episode: -- Dr. Mark Halstead: On the Web -- On X -- Dr. Jason Zaremski: On the Web -- On Z — Dr. Zaremski editorial on weighted balls in Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine https://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Citation/publishahead/Weighted_Ball_Velocity_Throwing_Programs_Are.98972.aspx — Throwers Ten Exercise Handout – Univ of Florida https://www.ortho.ufl.edu/sites/ortho.ufl.edu/files/handouts/Throwers-Ten.pdf — Throwers Ten Exercise Video – Young Athlete Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEpWHynHssE — Referenced Study in Podcast: Effect of a 6-Week Weighted Baseball Throwing Program on Pitch Velocity, Pitching Arm Biomechanics, Passive Range of Motion, and Injury Rates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29882722/?from_term=weighted+ball+AND+baseball&from_pos=3 — Impact of Ball Weight on Medial Elbow Torque in Youth Baseball Pitchers https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31053389/?from_term=weighted+ball&from_pos=5 — Biomechanical Analysis of Weighted-Ball Exercises for Baseball Pitchers https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27872403/?from_term=weighted+ball+AND+baseball&from_pos=2 — Roundtable Discussion 1/25/2020 American Sports Medicine Institute: Weighted Ball Throwing Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npgsp5An43A&feature=youtu.be Calls to the Audience Inside this Episode: -- Be sure to interact with the host, send detailed feedback via our customized form and connect via ALL of our social media platforms! Do that over here now! -- Interested in being a guest inside The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast with Dr. Mark? Tell us now! -- Ready to share your business, organization or efforts message with Dr. Mark's focused audience? Let's have a chat! -- Do you have feedback you'd like to share with Dr. Mark from this episode? Share YOUR perspective! Be an Advertiser/Sponsor for This Program! Tell Us What You Think: Feedback is the cornerstone and engine of all great podcast. Be sure to chime in with your thoughts, perspective sand more.