alright so we've done quite a few break down to your of quarterbacks but I actually realized
yesterday that you know I haven't done enough pictures and we're starting to be more on the
off season for baseball players so I thought I would go out and show you that we do do pitchers
break down as well and we do the same type of thing so we're trying to figure out how can we
get more effectiveness and efficiency out of your throw what biomechanical factors of your
throat or affecting overall performance as well as increasing risk of injury and so what we can
see for this athlete is really a couple things that stand out one is that his is missing good
ankle stabilization here at that back right ankle and then another thing is that his left
external rotators of the hip are really that they're weak but they're also unstable and
that's even for just his abduction and normal and I could show you why that happens here's
we can we'll start the throw here so when he's going through so as he's transitioning forward
here he starts with a first thing he does is he externally rotates that that front hip so right
there he's externally he's actually rotating that hip there and what that does is that makes
it so it's harder for him to get a forward lean because we have to look at how the hip is moving
here and how that impacts the ankle over here so by him externally rotating the hip he puts
bit different forces on the stabilizing ankle so instead of him being able to move straight
across laterally at that right ankle he ends up having to stabilize in a transverse plane which
is a rotational plane at that ankle which is a lot more difficult to do and it puts more stress
on the back heel and makes it so he really has to activate properly there and so what happens
here is because he does that external rotation he basically sets himself up to have to have a
short shorter stride because his heel won't be able to maintain a good range of motion and so
we could see that shortened stride as he comes through he ends up you know his ankle can't
move very much it's very locked into place and then I mean this kid he's 67 and his stride is
a very very small stride because of how he's moving it at both the hip and at the ankle he
doesn't really have big issues with his upper body in his arm and maybe he will as he gets a
longer stride but the biggest thing he has to do is he has to learn how to better stabilize
within within that back leg and then also move better within that left hip and the reason he's
opening up at that left hip is because of some type of mechanism for stability when he lands so
when he comes down here his body doesn't feel like he can properly absorb and so he tries
to rotate that hip early so then he can get in a more more stable position and then when he lands
he can feel nice and balanced and then throws for actually part of being a picture is you have to
be accurate and so I understand why he's trying to control that left leg but what in order to be the
most effective picture that you can you have to be able to go out of your comfort zone a little
bit and you know learn how to get a long stride and still be able to properly absorb and balance
on that left leg when landing so I attached a couple exercises here to that I gave him
you
I'm trying to push my hips into the ground here to make it so i can better activate
in the glutes in there while i'm pushing down i'm going to lift up maintaining my
spine in a linkedin position and this will help me activate in my external rotators
of my left hip which will make me better stabilize in that left hip