Baseball Prospectus

Collateral Damage: Rounding Up the Usual Suspects: SLAP Tears

Superior Labrum Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) tears are an increasingly common injury in baseball players. Much more common in throwing athletes than non-throwers, SLAP lesions have gained a lot more ...
Healio

Conservative care of SLAP tears in baseball players may increase odds of return to play

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BALTIMORE – Nonsurgical treatment of scapular dyskinesia and glenohumeral internal rotation deficits had a ...
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Concomitant SLAP, infraspinatus tears offer poor prognosis for return to play in overhead athletes

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Although overhead throwing athletes with isolated SLAP tears typically have encouraging ...
Healthline

SLAP Tear of the Shoulder: What You Need to Know

A SLAP tear is a type of shoulder injury. It affects the labrum, which is the cartilage on the rim of the shoulder’s socket. The labrum is a rubber-like tissue that holds the ball of the shoulder ...