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If you haven't already listened, check out what the baseball world is talking about and the exciting future of player development and rehab. Big things coming! open.spotify.com/episode/3NywRO… @Owens_Recovery @unconquerablept

Pitchers and catchers report next week. You know what that means! We’re back! Book now at invictusperformancetherapy.com

The Winter Meetings couldn’t have gone much better. Thank you to @PBSCCS for having me speak to the league’s strength staffs and to @PBATS for allowing us to showcase the new BFR Throwing System

Need some work, need a cleanup? Let’s get it! invictusperformancetherapy.com

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New study looking at humeral head alignment compared to scap position shows that as ER increases, humeral head translation increases. Joint centration and activation of scapular stabilizers in sequence with scap loading is the key to improving this. It's not just mechanics, and it's not just mobility/stability/function; it's a combination of everything! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41253138/ Takahashi M, Mutsuzaki H, Iwamoto K, Monma M, Nejishima M, Ono T, Inami H, Takemura M, Kawamura T, Tomita K. Relationship Between Shoulder External Rotation and Glenohumeral Joint Alignment Changes in Baseball Players. J Appl Biomech. 2025 Nov 18:1-6. doi: 10.1123/jab.2025-0049. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41253138.

Dr. White will be in the office next week. Seeing patients every day but Wednesday. Book here invictusperformancetherapy.com

Official start to the off-season. Let’s see how bad you want it.

Only 4 weeks left. The time is now to get ready for your best offseason!

Are we going to pull The Rocket out of retirement?! An 8th Cy Young season coming up?! @unconquerablept @Owens_Recovery @rogerclemens

When you see "back spasms" start popping up, you need first to figure out what structures are involved (muscle, disc, joint, etc.). The treatment depends on the structure, but the cause of this is more often an over-compression of the lumbar spine. How does this happen? The pelvis dumps more naturally into anterior tilt due to many factors, but first we need to add length in the muscles creating that stabilization tension pulling us forward. The middle quad muscle (Rectus Femoris), Iliopsoas, and TFL (tensor fasciae latae) are more than likely short and tight as well as the lumbar erector group and QL (Quadratus Lumborum). If we can start to loosen these up with manual therapy, stretching, needling, etc, we can start down-regulating that stability tone. From there, we need to strengthen the lower abdominal muscle group as well as some glute stabilizers. Some hamstring loading wouldn't hurt either. The real fix once the body starts to adapt is to get the athlete to learn to rotate using more anterior oblique sling and less low back. We see this string of injuries occur when the front side internal oblique does the majority of the rotation which recruits some low back muscle tone and creates more lumbar extension strain. As the body fatigues, we see this movement pattern more prominently. We fix the rotational point; we fix these injuries. Hope this helps.

Feels good to be back in @Prime_Reaction getting my throws in on the @unconquerablept BFR program ahead of our trip to @Vol_Baseball prospect camp next weekend. #ChaseGreatness #BFR #baseball #pitching #lefty

You have about 7 weeks left to get in and get right before the off-season. Whether you’re trying to up your performance gains, fix up an injury, or a little bit of both, the time is now to get after it. The schedule closes on Oct 17th, 2025 until the start of Spring Training.

Saberseminar was a huge success! Thanks to everyone for listening and reaching out about the BFR Throwing System. Hey @enosarris what’d you think of BFR throwing? (SOUND ON)

Saberseminar 2025 on deck this weekend. HUGE baseball announcement with case studies and data showing things we’ve never seen before in baseball. If you can make it happen, you might want to be in Chicago this weekend to see what’s going down. saberseminar.com

New study showing that as the lower half fatigues, ball speed stays the same. The body is a master compensator, but for coaches it’s imperative to see signs to pull your pitchers as their lower half movement starts declining. Something has to take that additional stress and odds are it’ll be somewhere in the arm.

SCHEDULE UPDATE We’re out of office now on Friday, July 25th. Plan accordingly.

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