Return-to-Sport Testing for Shoulder Injuries: The Athletic Shoulder Test (ASH TEST)

Strength Alone Doesn’t Tell the Full Story In overhead sports, athletes rarely struggle when they are fresh. Problems often emerge later in games, practices, tournaments, or throwing sessions — when fatigue begins to influence force production, scapular control, timing, and movement efficiency. For baseball players, volleyball athletes, tennis players, quarterbacks, swimmers, and CrossFit athletes, the shoulder must repeatedly tolerate and transfer high levels of force at hig

Quick Take Many SLAP (Superior Labrum Anterior–Posterior) tears improve with structured, criterion-based rehab. Type, age, sport, and symptoms guide whether to keep it conservative or consider surgery. PMC For persistent symptomatic Type II tears, surgeons increasingly weigh biceps tenodesis (BT) against SLAP repair , with comparable return-to-play (RTP) in throwers overall and fewer complications reported with BT in some series. ScienceDirect+1 Post-op, protect the repair

CrossFit has exploded in popularity over the past decade, offering high-intensity, functional training that pushes athletes to their...