Pitchers More Prone to Baseball Injuries

July 22, 2010 – 1:22 pm

Baseball may be a funny game, as former Major Leaguer Joe Garagiola once wrote, but it’s also fraught with the risk of injury, especially for pitchers, a new study finds.

Researchers who studied data for the 2002-2008 seasons say pitchers suffered significantly higher injury rates for upper and lower extremity injuries than fielders.

According to the study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in Providence, R.I., pitchers spent a greater proportion of days on the disability list, 62.4%, compared to 37.6% for fielders.

The study also says that fielders as well as pitchers spent significantly more days on the disabled list for upper extremity injuries than for the lower extremities.

It’s especially hazardous for pitchers before the annual mid-season All-Star game. Dur

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Protect your voice from stress and strain

July 21, 2010 – 9:40 pm

Singers aren’t the only people who struggle with vocal problems. Here are tips from doctors on keeping your voice healthy and strong:

  • Don’t strain. If your voice sounds hoarse or raspy, limit talking until it returns to normal. Avoid trying to yell over background noise and use a microphone in larger settings.

  • Avoid cigarette smoke. Smoke not only puts you at risk for throat cancer, it dries out your vocal cords.

  • Breathe right. Inhale deeply from your diaphragm, the muscle that separates your chest and abdomen to reduce strain on your voice box. Your stomach should push in and out as you breathe.

  • Don’t cradle phones.

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    Wii workout makes fitness fun

    July 19, 2010 – 3:24 am

    I’ve never enjoyed exercising, and I could never understand people who did. You get a rush from working out? I just want to go take a nap afterward. That is, until I broke down and got a Wii. Besides being able to hook up the system to the Internet and get weather and news at the click of a button – and I should also add that I can view Netflix through it – Wii has been the only exercise routine that I have been able to keep.

    According to Nielsen, Wii appeals to boys ages 6-11 and women age 25-34, with the 35 and older age group growing. H

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    July Swole Updates – Looking for Forum Moderators

    July 19, 2010 – 12:43 am

    Sorry to all Project Swole readers who are waiting to have their comments or emails answered. Sorry also for not posting in about a week. I am swamped, but have about 10 posts in the works.

    Soon I will be starting a forum to deal with all these questions so that Swole Readers can also help each other. I will be looking for moderators to help moderate the forum and answer questions. Do I have any volunteers?

    More soon…

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