Plano West Takes State and not only are there bound to be some injured dreams over in Southlake Carroll (another great baseball team); the Plano West's offense may have cause some injured player's too!

This blog entry is a testimonial about Jay Register, who's father wrote:

In the fall, my son Jason moved up from 12 and under baseball to a Jr league level (13-14 yrs old) in South Garland. As a pitcher he went from throwing 50 feet to 60 feet.

During a Fall game he experienced a sudden severe pain in his throwing shoulder and had to come out of the game. I took him to our family physician who ordered an MRI and the results indicated no rotator cuff tear, but inflammation in the tendon.The Dr said no more throwing for the Fall and he should be fine in the Spring. No treatment was recommended, other than ice and ibuprofen.When Spring came, his arm immediately started hurting when he began to throw from longer distances and extended time.

I then took Jason to an Orthopaedist who x-rayed him and looked at his MRI. He recommended PT, but after only a couple of sessions the physical therapist indicated that Jason was still experiencing continued pain,which should not occur during the therapy exercises performed. He recommended we cease treatment.I asked my chiropractor what I should do and she recommended sending his MRI and X-ray to a radiology specialist who provided a definitive diagnosis and also recommended we find a chiropractor who specialized in the Active Release Technique (ART).

My internet research of ART led me to take my son to Kelly Ryder at Texas Sports Chiro Care. Kelly reviewed the radiology specialist's readings and did a very thorough evaluation of Jason. From then on...my son was in good hands.When Jason arrived at Kelly's office he could not even raise his arm above his shoulder. But after 1 treatment with a cold laser in our FIRST VISIT, Jason was able to raise his arm above his shoulder and toss a ball a short distance for the first time in months.Needless to say Jason and I had a hard time believing what he we were seeing and he was experiencing. Kelly continued treatments (cold laser,ART, etc) for a month; his shoulder improved dramatically.

Baseball season had started and Jason was just playing 1st base, batting, but no pitching. 1 MONTH of treatment and following a progressive throwing schedule provided by Kelly, Jason pitched in his first game of the season. We were basically told by the Orthopaedist and Physical Therapist that he would not be throwing, much less pitching that season.Although limited in the number of pitches thrown, he was able to pitch and had a successful season.

In addition to in office treatment Kelly went above and beyond the call of duty, by meeting with Jason and I to observe his pitching motion and valuable insight on his technique.Since that time we have gotten professional pitching instruction which has reinforced the proper throwing mechanics emphasized by Kelly.

I cannot recommend Texas Sports Chiro Care enough and would not hesitate to take Jason to him again for treatment of any sports injury he may receive in the future." Jason pitched in his first game of the Spring 2008 season recently and no-hit the opposing team in 4 innings of pitching. We are continuing pitching instruction and Jason has not had any pain since the Spring of 2007.

If you've suffered a sports injury, or know a player who has, tell them one about Jay Register.