Shoulder & Elbow Diagrams

Here's a diagram of the shoulder to help better understand injuries more common with pitchers.



The Elbow



Here is an excellent article on the career-threatening torn labrum injury written by Will Carroll of BaseballProspectus.com.
Here is a good article on the now common Tommy John surgery where doctors repair the main ligament in your elbow with a piece of a tendon from another body part - sometimes the wrist or hip. This is written by Mike Dodd of USA Today.
Here is one of the best articles I've ever read. It's about San Francisco Giants pitcher Robb Nen, and how he pitched the entire second half of 2002 and the playoffs with a torn labrum, getting his team to the World Series, to never throw another pitch. This is written by ESPN Page 2 writer Eric Neel.