062: Athlete Recovery After Pitching & How to Handle a Shoulder Injury

This Athletic Potential Podcast episode answers two questions about recovery and injury. For a softball pitcher who isn’t recovering well, the host recommends prioritizing hydration and real food within 30–45 minutes post-outing, then maximizing sleep, using light movement like walking to promote blood flow, limiting passive sitting, avoiding post-game ice because it decreases blood flow, and being cautious with hot tubs due to dehydration risk (10 minutes max if used, then rehydrate). He suggests non-fatiguing electrical muscle stimulation for 45 minutes to two hours (e.g., Marc Pro or Compex recovery settings) to aid recovery, especially when time is short. For handling a shoulder injury, he emphasizes understanding how it happened and what structures are involved, maximizing blood flow (movement, heat if aching, e-stim), avoiding anti-inflammatories and RICE, keeping pain at 3/10 or less, then gradually reloading and field-testing until fully returned.Marc Pro Promo Code: POTENTIAL00:00 Healing And Recovery Intro01:00 Listener Question Setup02:43 Pitching Recovery Context03:57 Hydration And Food First05:52 Sleep And Phone Habits06:54 Blood Flow Recovery Basics08:42 Walks Hot Tubs And Rest11:06 Why Ice Slows Healing12:29 RICE Protocol Critique14:47 Recovery Tech And E Stim17:18 Compex Vs Mark Pro18:26 Mark Pro vs Budget Units18:58 Affiliate Code and Savings19:52 Tournament Recovery Checklist22:21 Switching to Injury Q&A22:50 Injury Basics Blood Flow23:59 Pain Rules and Movement26:03 Inflammation Not Ibuprofen27:38 Loading and Wolff Law29:44 Progression and Field Tests34:16 No RICE for Shoulders35:46 Wrap Up and Submit QuestionsWant to WATCH this episode? Click HERE!!!Have a question for the podcast? Go HERE to get it answered!!!