Little Leaguer’s Elbow: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention Children are starting sports early on in life and face enormous pressure to compete. While competition and ambition are healthy, there also runs the risk of young baseball players developing “little leaguers’ elbow” which is a result of repetitive stresses of incorrect throwing. Symptoms: Little Leaguers’ Elbow now encompasses all of the stress changes related to youth pitching, specifically overuse injuries involving the flexor tendons of the wrist. The repeated trauma of pitching; throwing curve balls and other breaking pitches place increased strain on the wrist. Symptoms such as pain and tenderness at […]

Aerobic Exercise: An Excellent Workout for The Heart The term aerobic means “with oxygen” while anaerobic means “without oxygen.” Aerobic exercise is any activity which creates an increased need for oxygen over an extended period of time. Such activities include walking, jogging, cycling, cross-country skiing or aerobics classes. Anaerobic exercises are quick explosive activities such as sprints, weightlifting, football or baseball. Aerobic exercise trains the heart, lungs and cardiovascular system to deliver oxygen more efficiently to every part of the body. An aerobically fit cardiovascular system is more efficient therefore the heart beats fewer times per minute in order to […]