SIK Summit: Dr. Zach Baker - Rehabilitating The Throwing Athlete: Mastering the Fundamentals and Return to Throwing Progressions

The presentation will organize the process and highlight the priorities of taking an individual from the acute phase of an injury through the final phase of returning to throwing. It will help create a logical sequence for progressions, as well as, a hierarchy of movement demands and physical competencies. In the end, you will feel comfortable and competent with creating a needs analysis for your throwing athlete and implementing an evidence informed return to sport program with simple checklists throughout the process.

• Define the phases of throwing a ball overhead and appreciate the physical demands within each phase of throwing.
• Create a needs analysis for an injured athlete returning to throwing
• Familiarize ourselves with interval throwing programs and objective measures to utilize when tracking progress throughout the rehabilitation and performance phases
• Implement an evidence informed program to progress through the phases of rehabilitation to full return to sport