But Jessica Alba can.Ok, ok. The truth of the matter is that if you ask any 
orthopedic surgeon, an anatomist, or the coach of a women's softball team they all will tell you that there is no reason why men and women should throw differently. It's all about nurture not nature. It's also what we call "proving the null hypothesis". There is no biological reason why my female sisters should throw like sissies......so STOP IT!
First a bit about the shoulder, courtesy of the gang at Wikipedia. Along with the hip, it is one of the most important joints around. The shoulder is really complicated as it is comprised of a multitude of tendons, muscle insertion points, joint spaces, and ligaments. All of this allows for a tremendous amount of rotation around the joint (360 degrees to be exact front to back) , but that leaves it open to a variety of injuries. Just ask Ben Roethlisberger....
In fact if little girls were TAUGHT how to throw overhanded, then you would actually believe that women could PLAY football. And, you would not snicker when I tell you that Ann Arbor has it's own semi-professional women's football team, The Tree Town Spitfire, of the National Women's Football Association.
So, sorry that I just tossed this post out like the girl that I am, but A) how the heck am I supposed to follow Playboy co-eds???. B) the null hypothesis is boring, C) f'n blogger ate the original well-designed version because it didn't autosave right, and D) work is the bane of a blogger's existence..............
I will try and hold down the fort whilst Andy is away with the boys. I can tell you that I tried to hang with them one weekend (as they were in A2), but I failed. By about 9 pm on Saturday night I cried uncle when they started doing tequila shots. And, I was promptly invited to leave. Now, in my defense, you must know that physiologically women cannot drink as much as men---nor, I have learned should we ever try to!!!! It's all about the alcohol dehydrogenase.
But that is for another Sports Science Friday................
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"Along with the hip, it is one of the most important joints around."
I, for one, am sick and tired of the lie that keeps getting perpetuated that the shoulder joint is one of the most important joints around. At best, it is a fourth tier joint. All you people talk about is THE SHOULDER, THE SHOULDER, THE SHOULDER. I'm sick of it. Grow up! If you don't believe me, ask Beanie Wells how important the Big Toe Joint is compared to the insignificant shoulder joint. That's my rant for today. Now, I don't ever want to see the Shoulder Joint discussed on this website again!
How about the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second finger? :-)
(thank you for that softball dead center over the plate)
titleix - i'm a little anatomically challenged. Is that interphalangeal joint of the second finger anywhere near the big toe joint?
I apologize for my rant, but I have very hard feelings about the shoulder joint after a sports injury i received during a Michigan game. No, I wasn't on the team. I was a fan and the damn Coke vendor didn't hold out the Coke cup far enough towards me and when I reached for it, I popped my shoulder out of joint. I've been enraged ever since.
no worries phil.
I too have had a rotator cuff injury and know of what you speak. although it was kinda cool while I was in physical therapy cuz they iced my left shoulder and wrapped it, thereby fueling my fantasies of being a left-handed major league pitcher....
I've already posted on the big toe thingy---see the Beanie's Big Toe post about a Lisfranc fracture
w/r/t the PIP joint on the second finger---well, that was a cleverly (??) veiled reference to one's middle finger. Sorry that I did not recognize the true PTSD nature of your response to shoulders. I was just being silly...and a bit bratty
I will do my best to avoid shoulders in the future.
Maybe when Andy gets back he can post some healing anatomy photos....
Update #1: I can comment from by blackberry.
Survuved 14 innings of bad padres v nats baseball last night. At least 14 beers, two presidents races and a cancelled fireworks show (it was too late for the stadium neighbors).
Arrived this morning into Annapolis in time for breakfast (with a nice locally brewed pale ale). Navy v Rutgers at 3:30.
Let's all celebrate West Virginia's fall from grace. Who says that it wasn't all the coach now? Makes me feel better about MI's upcoming seasons.
I still snicker.
Now, take your proximal interphalangeal joint of the second finger (Yeah, I got that)and all its neighbors and get in the kitchen and bake me some cookies.
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