Comments on: Pain In Triceps And Biceps When Pitching

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:05:00 +0000

I believe most bicep pain pitching comes from a weak overused bicep. A little rest with some strengthening usually does the trick and the mechanics change if effective will prevent it from coming back. If your pain is not deep and causes you to lose strength then I would say you are fine. Icing, strengthening and rest should fix it overtime if there is no damage.

By: Cage

Cage — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:49:00 +0000

you said “I believe that most arm pain is the sign of not just one thing but a few. It usually is the cause of poor mechanics, poor joint integrity (strength and conditioning) and overuse. Most pitchers who have this pain, all they need to do is address one of these issues and the pain will usually go away if there is not damage to the muscles, tendons or bone”

Brent, I have been experiencing some pain in my lower biceps tendon. I found out what was causing it in my mechanics and fixed it. After adjusting my mechanics I was still a bit sore throwing but the pain wasn’t really hurting or getting worse. I have a important showcase tomorrow, would I be ok if I threw in it, because I fixed the mechanical error that was causing it? I’ll keep icing it of course.

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:28:00 +0000

It is a sign of poor bicep strength and poor pitching mechanics. Checkout the Pitching Articles here to learn more about high velocity pitching mechanics and the Training Articles to learn how to develop joint integrity.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:36:00 +0000

I have pain in my lower bicep almost everytime i throw. One time it got so bad i couldn’t throw because the pain in my lower bicep. What do you think it could be?

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:50:29 +0000

Jacob, I would then recommend that you get on a beginner strength and conditioning program to strengthen your body to be able to handle the wear and tear better and at the same time learn better mechanics while also reducing the amount of throws you make weekly. This will do it!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:01:38 +0000

I have already had an MRI and x-rays but nothing showed up. He said everything was fine.

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:15:53 +0000

Jacob, you could being causes some damage to your growth plate in your elbow. I would recommend that you go to your doctor and ask him to xray your elbow to see if you have any displacement of the growth plate. If you do then I would suggest you shut it down while you start learning 3X Pitching. If you do not have displacement then you may need to do some joint integrity training which would involve strengthening the forearm, bicep and tricep with some light weight training. The Beginner’s Guide to 3X Pitching has all of these exercises and information for your age group.

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:09:14 +0000

Robert, it sounds like you have a lot of wear and tear in your arm causing a lot of inflammation. I would first recommend a MRI to see if you have any damage. Then I would recommend you take a total approach to arm health here. You need to first focus on a diet high in raw green foods and omega 3′s to help reduce inflammation in your body. If you are taking a lot of ibuprofen and not eating well then it is catching up to you. Next I would suggest you send in a video of you pitching for analysis. You can learn how to do this by selecting the Video Analysis button at the top of the page. Finally I would suggest you do some joint integrity training while learning 3X Pitching.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:55:27 +0000

Hey Brent, I am 13 and im having alot of pain in my upper bicep and the inside of my elbow. Ive been taking pitching lesons for about a year working on my mechanics, using my entire body, but everytime I throw in a game my arm goes out after the first 5 batters. Do you have any idea how I can prevent this pain? It’s really affecting my playing time because it hurts so bad, and no matter what I do it keeps coming back and getting worse. It’s even starting to hurt when im not even doing anything.

By: robert

robert — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:47:33 +0000

this last week my arm has been killing me it felt good on saturday and i have been icing it but when i tried to throw this tuesday it felt like i have just threw 200 pitches the day before and it has been feeling like this for 5 days it hurts in my upper bicep and when i throw it feels like i can feel my veins pulse threw my arm i really need some advice because i am a prospect in the draft this upcoming year and right now i am going through a hard time thanks.

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:02:17 +0000

I highly recommend that you do some joint integrity training. I would do some bicep and tricep work along with forearms. Keep the reps low and the weight high. Do this without any throwing for a week and then continue this training as they begin to throw again.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:47:03 +0000

I play slowpitch softball and after a couple of hard throws from the outfield to the infield in different days my tricep start bothering me so bad that no matter how good i warm up even when i run hard starts bothering me or if i bat too, this is even without throwing at this point. what do u think i can do?

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:42:07 +0000

This is the ulnar nerve. This means it is slipping and then getting pinched when throwing. Some pitchers have problems with the ulnar nerve causing this pain and surgery to move the nerve is common practice. I believe this can be fixed without surgery using both strength and conditioning and good mechanics. If you can add some forearm size then this will reduce this pain also making sure you are not dropping the elbow below the shoulders during external rotation.

By: Alex D

Alex D — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:33:13 +0000

Hey Brent I’v been trying to throw using my full body recently and noticed alot less pain in my arm then ever however randomly when I throw for a longer period or if I’m stupidly trying to impress my friends by putting a little extra speed on my pitch I will get a tingling sensation in my elbow down to my fingers and sometimes a little pain for like a second or two and once I get it it continues till I stop throwing this only happeneds when I either throw hard or long periods and hard, what do you think?

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:51:13 +0000

Shut it down and go to a doctor. It sounds like you need to rehabilitate your shoulder. After rehab I would highly recommend that you purchase the 3X Pitching Velocity Program. It is as much a injury prevention program for pitchers than a pitching velocity program.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:22:29 +0000

I am 13 and I am having pain in my upper bicep… I threw everyday with my middle school team and now I throw maybe 2 or 3 times a week?The pain is getting worse and worse…what should I do?

By: Craig Miller

Craig Miller — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:14:01 +0000

Hi Brent,

my 15 year old son was diagnosed with tricep tendonitis back in February. He really wasn’t throwing much , only at practices with his travel team. he was shut down and then was put on a thrwoing program and it was fine during high school ball. He started his travel season and now it’s back hurting again. He pitches once a week and i make sure he’s not being over used. Any thoughts?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:54:30 +0000

My 15 yr old son is dealing with bicep tendinitis for the third time in less than two years. He also had a stress fracture in his growth plate in his shoulder in August of 2011 and he shut down throwing for about 10 weeks. He is now getting ready for the his season and the shoulder feels ok but pain in his bicep is coming back. Do you have any suggestions for him? Would this program address mechanics issues that could lead to these problems? Would he be able to see results within a few weeks before his season starts?

By: Brent Pourciau

Brent Pourciau — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:45:35 +0000

Yes, ice will help. Here is an article on icing your arm.

http://topvelocity.net/more-important-info-on-ici…

You need to develop your biceps and triceps more. When are muscles mass decreases from pitching this puts more of the stress of pitching in the joint. You need a good strength and conditioning program for pitchers to help rebuild this mass and strength. Check out the 3X Pitching Velocity program here.

http://topvelocity.net

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:34:37 +0000

Great tips. I pitch in a 30+ league now and actually just finished a 7 inning complete game. After each inning of pitching the area between the bicep and tricep of my arm would ache, even throb. When I went back out to throw, no problem. Every once in a while I would feel it on a fastball that got a little loose but by the next pitch no pain. Come back in, and the pain would come back. By the 5th, the pain was much less than before, but was still there. This has actually carried on from last season. I suspect overuse or lack of warming up. Though I ran quite a bit and threw what I thought was enough before taking the mound.

Very little to no pain in the shoulder, except where the bicep tendon is I think. Bicep is sore tonight.

Ice? Any exercise or stretches you might suggest? Bicep tendonitis?