Keeping Your Athletes Healthy: Identifying and Screening Upper Quadrant Muscle Imbalances

Explains why addressing imbalances involving tight and weak muscles will enable an athlete to train harder with less chance of injury. Shows how to screen and evaluate athletes for muscle imbalances before they begin a strength training program, as well as the most common muscle imbalances, how latissimus tightness affects the overhead athlete, how a rounded back affects the shoulder function of a pitcher, how posture affects the strength of the rotator cuff muscles and why some athletes are more prone to tendontious than others, and how to change workouts based on the athlete's posture and sport. Produced in cooperation with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

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