Human Motion Associates - Chuck Wolf, MS

⚠️ Are your mechanics protecting your elbow, or breaking it down?

Whether it’s football or baseball, ankle positioning can change everything:
👉 Dorsiflexion = better knee flexion, optimized hip loading, reduced elbow stress.
👉 Plantar flexion = early knee extension, poor hip alignment, and the dreaded “C configuration” that puts excessive force on the elbow.

🎯 The Fix: Adjusting a player’s stride by just 1-4 inches can reduce elbow stress by 26%, a small change with a BIG impact.

Let’s protect those arms and keep athletes in the game! Have questions? DM me. 💬

Let's get into more details...

🚨 18 pitchers. 31 UCL surgeries.
Not a coincidence. A pattern.

What they all have in common:
❌ Landing on the heel
❌ No ankle dorsiflexion
❌ Knee extends too early
❌ Fascial system overloaded
❌ Chest can’t get over the lead leg
❌ Shoulder & elbow absorb too much force

These movement flaws matter. And they’re preventable.

Have questions? Drop a comment or DM me. Let’s talk.

⚠️ Four pitchers, five UCL surgeries. ⚠️

We’re seeing too many arms lost to the same mechanical flaw: an extended knee and the “C configuration” at release. When a pitcher’s body forms that C-shape from fingertip to hip, it increases tension across the fascial system and compresses the elbow, putting it at risk during every throw.

Small adjustments can make a big difference—shortening the stride by just a few inches has shown to reduce elbow forces by 10-26%! Verified through wearable data, these changes might be the key to keeping pitchers healthy.

💬 Tag a teammate, coach, or friend who could benefit from learning this. And let us know, have you ever tried adjusting stride length?