GIRD Doesn't Matter

In baseball sports medicine there has existed a mythical creature known as Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD) since before I was born. It’s considered normal for throwing athletes to present with some abnormal shoulder range of motion (ROM) findings. But just how Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) tells me nothing more than someone’s knee hurts, GIRD simply tells me, “these shoulders don’t match.” I don’t even want to get into defining GIRD because that’s the point of this article. It doesn’t matter and here’s why.

Note: but if you want, here’s a link to 11,300 Google Scholar search results for GIRD. No matter the diagnosis, what’s the #1 priority with any treatment plan or training program? The patient/client’s end goal.

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