The Baseball Health Network. A dream team of former professional players, orthopedic surgeons, sports phycologist, sports optometrists, sports nutritionists, and personal trainers.

Check out Baseball Health Network Founder Steve Hayward giving a curveball lecture at the High School Winter Training at Professional Baseball Instruction in Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Baseball Health Network founder Steve Hayward goes over some common warning signs that your baseball or softball player is developing a throwing arm injury. STEVE HAYWARD BIO: Steve grew up in Washington Township, NJ. and attended St Joseph's Regional High School in Montvale where he played football and baseball. In his junior year he was voted most valuable player of the football state championship and the Bergen County Baseball Tournament.After high school, Steve accepted a full baseball scholarship to Seton Hall University and in 1992 he pitched for the Cape Cod League Champion Chatham A's. In 1993, Steve was selected as a 1st Team All-Big East pitcher, 1st Team All-State Pitcher and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. After pitching professionally for 5 seasons, he joined Professional Baseball Instruction and has been training youth, college and professional pitchers for over 15 years. Steve also coached baseball at St Joe's HS for 13 years and was the head coach at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey for 2 seasons. He is an expert on biomechanics and throwing arm injuries. Steve, along with current Yankees team physician Christopher Ahmad has lectured and educated doctors, physical therapists, athletic trainers and coaches on those very topics. Steve has been rehabilitating players from various throwing arm injuries and surgeries for the past 10 years.Steve is also an associate of the Mid-Atlantic regional scout for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Has your son or daughter ever complained of pain in his or her throwing arm? Chances are that they have. It has become all too common for players to be suffering from pain in their throwing arm. PBI and the Baseball Health Network present "Stay Healthy & In the Game" Tuesday June 4 at 8 PM at PBI's indoor facility in Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Resistance bands are a great tool for players to use for both prehabilitation and rehabilitation. In this short clip, Baseball Health Network founder Steve Hayward demonstrates a handful of exercises pitchers (and throwing athletes in general) can use to warm up, strengthen muscles and help maintain arm health.