Throwing Programs Are Like Vacations

The top 3 commitments for this off-season.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

MVP is back in action! Kelsey and I have returned from an amazing honeymoon, exploring Croatia and Montenegro. After a long vacation like it takes some time to adjust back to work and normal life schedules. I jokingly told Kelsey that we need another week off of work just being at home to reacclimate. Then I thought, that’s similar to baseball throwing programs. Here’s why…

When you take time off from throwing, whether it’s due to an injury or just a normal off-season, you can’t immediately jump back in to throwing as hard as you can. It requires time to GRADUALLY build the arm back to full velocity, otherwise you risk an injury. Brower Baseball does an incredible job of this with all of their throwing programs. At MVP, our general rule of thumb after an injury is this - however many weeks you take off from throwing, you typically need at least that many weeks before throwing at full velocity again. For example, if you have not thrown for 4 weeks, you should plan on a 4 week throwing ramp-up to gradually build back to 100%. I also use the weight lifting analogy - If you haven’t bench pressed in a month, would you try to max out on your first day back in the weight room?

I believe this concept should apply to vacations too. If you take a 2 week vacation then you should get 2 extra weeks off work after returning home to ease back in to it….you think any boss would go for that? All jokes aside I’m excited to be back and help you all stay healthy and strong this off-season! If you’re coming off an injury and are looking for advice about safely building your arm back to full strength then let’s chat, we can help!

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