A pitcher notices pain in his elbow during warm-ups. Since pitching a ball is a repetitive motion, which injury is he most likely to have?

pulled tendon

torn ligament

chronic strain

acute sprain

Question

A pitcher notices pain in his elbow during warm-ups. Since pitching a ball is a repetitive motion, which injury is he most likely to have?

pulled tendon

torn ligament

chronic strain

acute sprain

catlover5925 · Answer

If intense or repeated bouts of valgus stress occur on the UCL, injury will most likely transpire. Specific overhead movements like those that occur during baseball pitching, tennis serving or volleyball spiking increase the risk of UCL injury. UCL is ulnar collateral ligament injury. look here for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_injury