Youth Baseball’s Arm Injury Crisis – and How We Fix It

57% of Tommy John surgeries are in players 15–19. This isn’t bad luck—it’s a movement problem.

Athletic Development 101: Baseball Flows™ Newsletter

Doctors agree—year-round baseball and early sport specialization are major drivers of arm injuries in young athletes.
But here’s the deeper truth:

It’s not just too much baseball—it’s too much baseball before kids are ready to handle the load.

When athletes skip the stage of developing movement literacy—the ability to move well in a wide variety of ways—they build skills on a weak foundation.

That’s like stacking bricks on sand. The structure might look fine… until the stress hits.
And in baseball, that stress is hard, repeated throwing before the body is truly prepared.

Movement Literacy Matters Because:

  • It builds strength and control from the ground up

  • It teaches the body to transfer energy efficiently

  • It protects joints by spreading the load through the whole system

That’s exactly why we created the Baseball Flows™ App—to give young athletes the athletic foundation that supports high-level throwing and keeps them healthy for the long run.

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Let's train smarter, move better, and flow in the game.

Best Regards,

Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA

Founder, Baseball Flows

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