What Parents Should Know Going Into Little League Season

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Little league is upon us.

For many years doctors have warned against little league players throwing too many pitches as well as avoiding the use of curve balls at too early of an age. We know that young baseball pitchers who throw more than 100 pitches per week are at the greatest risk. In addition, they are at an increased risk of developing a newly identified shoulder injury linked with long term shoulder damage. The injury is called acromial apophysiolysis. The problem is a result of an incomplete fusion and pain at a bony shoulder structure called the acromion. MRI technology has been used to pinpoint the damage and show a clear cause for something that was confusing in the past.