There is an increasing concern about overuse injuries in young athletes, particularly young throwers. These injuries occur gradually over time with repetitive motions like running, throwing and jumping. Athletes who specialize in a sport too early or don’t take rests, during the week or between seasons, are at risk of overuse injuries. In this series, we are going to discuss these common elbow injuries: "Little Leaguer’s elbow” or medial epicondyle apophysitis Avulsion fractu