Shoulder/Elbow Pain - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

THIS HURTS!

What hurts...: Shoulder, elbow and forearm.
How you hurt it...: Overhand throwing softballs.
When you hurt it...: 3 weeks ago.
Your pain level (1 is low, 10 is high pain): At rest nothing hurts but when I throw the ball my pain is very intense and I have numbness in my arm and hand. I find that the pain lessens if I push throw and warm up.
Your age and overall health...: I am 26 and in good health, although I did just have a baby (4 months old) and havent played ball in a couple of years (but every year for about 18 beofe that).
Any other information you feel is relevant...: I am looking for some warm up exercises to do to help warm up.

YOUR INJURY COULD BE...

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

REHAB YOUR INJURY BY...

Shoulder circles backwards: Lift shoulders up, back and down and hold the position for 5 seconds.

Doorway Stretch: Position one arm on each side. Gently shift your body weight forward so you feel a stretch through your pecs. Hold the strecth, without bouncing, for 15 seconds. Repeat this 3 times. You should feel a stretch and not pain.

Wide Open Circles: With your arms straight out, circle your arms backwards.

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• injury
• rehab
• advice
• sprain
• strain
• shoulder
• elbow
• pain

[veragone]

Why would you film a PT in a black sweater against a black curtain??? This really helps to see the exercises she's demonstrating. So is this rehab.com still running??

[wwwFighterDotPro]

what can I do to treat this? I do stretches daily but it seems to be getting worse

[barela78]

my shoulder hurts when i throw i cant whip it at all, theirs also a sharp pain. if i throw hard enough my whole arm seems dead.

[crime943]

hi .. i got this pain in my elbow every time i try to lift any type hevy weigth, pushing does not hurts, but bending my rist upward does .. i would like to know what tips u can give me ...thx

[labtech01]

I have pain in my forearm specifically in the flexor corpi radialus, pulmaris longus, and flexor corpi ulnaris area. This occurs specifically when I am grasping something and I believe I did it while performing pullups.

[BigJavs]

check out dynamic stretching and make sure your throwing mechanics are sound.  you're too young to have shoulder problems.

[rickyz116]

i play baseball and even if i strech after a couple thros my shoulders killing me

P.S im 13

[ricvalley]

Im a lefthanded and i play badminton, and after a couples of overhead smash pointing in differents direction of the court, my elbow hurts really bad, can you please teach me to heal my elbow. thank you

[Ryno837]

i play football and after a couple throws my arm hurts bad

p.s. I am thirteen

[cdawng]

umm, what is this going to do when you have fascial restrictions, or contractures. Stretching it is not going to do anything to the adhesions.